EVOLUTION OF GREEN TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE SECTOR

AUTHOR – MANAV DUTT GAUR, STUDENT AT GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY

BEST CITATION – MANAV DUTT GAUR, EVOLUTION OF GREEN TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE SECTOR, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (13) OF 2025, PG. 342-347, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344

ABSTRACT

I aim to analyse the Right to Clean Environment vis-a-vis introduction of Electric & Hybrid Vehicles under the various initiatives undertaken by the Government of India and the subsequent needful amendments to The Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, The Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 and the development of the legal eco-system thereof. The focus of the paper would be to throw light on the action plans undertaken by the Indian legislature with respect to the systematic and chronological development brought forth by the Indian judiciary stepping up from the role of interpreters of law to provide modern day solutions to modern day problems to ensure the fundamental right of the clean environment enshrined in the Part III of the Constitution of India. The paper also analyses whether the definition of Alteration in motor vehicle as provided by the section 52 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 is proficient to answer whether conversion to alternate fuel technology is a legally acceptable “alteration” under the scheme of the act and the recent amendments with respect to Electric Vehicles thereof. This also analyses the development of the Central motor vehicle rules and the standard of such conversions.

The rapid urbanization that fuels the growth of India has contributed to the tremendous increase in the number of motor vehicles plying on the roads. This exponential increase in the fleet of vehicles brings increased mobility and serves as a catalyst for better connectivity and opportunities of social, economic and cultural growth on one hand while creating an effect similar to choking with the vehicular pollution as one of the main sources of air pollution18 that chokes rural and urban India. According to the website of The Transport department of Delhi, the registered vehicular population has reached nearly three times to 7.6 million from 2.2 million in 1994, registering a growth rate of 14% per annum. Where around two-Third of the registered Motor Vehicles are two-wheelers.