SC junks plea to mandate 6 airbags in passenger vehicles
Supreme Court
on Thursday dismissed a plea to ensure installation of six
airbags
in passenger vehicles and said the matter was exclusively within the policy domain.
A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran told the petitioner to make a representation to the government.
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The petitioner said he had already given a representation to the government on May 17.
"The prayers made in the writ petition are exclusively within the domain of policy to be framed by the executive. We are, therefore, not inclined to entertain the present petition," the bench said.
If the petitioner has made a representation to the Centre, the bench said, the same would be considered on its own merits.
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The plea urged the court to declare non-mandating of six airbags was a violation of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution besides seeking a direction to authorities concerned to enhance vehicle safety mechanisms.
While Article 14 deals with equality before the law, Article 21 provides for the protection of life and personal liberty.
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