Vehicles of president, VP, governors, L-G must have registration numbers: Delhi High Court

Vehicles of president, VP, governors, L-G must have registration numbers: Delhi High Court

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday, 18^th July 2018 ruled that vehicles of India’s top constitutional authorities like the president, the vice president, governors and lieutenant governors will soon have to get registration numbers.

The vehicles of these authorities need to get proper registration and shall clearly display the registration numbers, ruled the court, report said.

Currently, these vehicles, along with those used by the protocol division of the Ministry of External Affairs to transport foreign dignitaries, display only the state emblem of India and not the registration mark.

A non-profit group, Nyayabhoomi, in March filed a petition in the Delhi High Court, saying the vehicles stood out without the number plates and could be easily identified as targets by terrorists reports said.

The petition referred to an RTI response by the Ministry of External Affairs admitting that none of its 14 cars maintained by its protocol division were registered. It also said that the Rashtrapati Bhawan refused to supply the registration numbers of its cars on the ground that disclosure of this information would endanger the security of the state and physical safety of the president.

In a strong remark in its petition, Nyayabhoomi said, "The practice of replacing the registration mark with the State Emblem of India, instead of displaying them both, is arbitrary and symptomatic of the desire to rule rather than to serve."

Venkaiah Naidu becomes India's
13th Vice-President

New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader and NDA candidate Venkaiah Naidu was on Saturday, 5^th August 2017 elected 13th Vice-President of India after bagging majority of the votes of the electoral college comprising both the Houses of Parliament.

Naidu got 516 votes while his rival and former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi received 244 votes. He won with huge margin of 272 votes.

The election saw almost 100 percent voting with 771 members casting their votes out of the 785 members. The voting percentage was 98.21 percent.

Shortly after he was elected as the new Vice President, Naidu said as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha he would sincerely try to steer the functioning of the House without "fear or favour" and uphold its dignity with cooperation of all members.