SC order on banning diesel SUVs senseless : Parrikar
Media reports quoted him as saying that the move lacks logic and may even impact investments into India.
"We do not understand the logic of banning diesel vehicles. Ban a diesel vehicle which is polluting, we understand it. But what is the point in banning a diesel vehicle which may not pollute and may even be less polluting than a petrol vehicle. It implies senseless directions which do not have a scientific base. People who do not understand science have begun to interpret science. This is our misfortune," Parrikar said. while speaking at a public function in Panaji.
"I was reading a report about Mercedes Benz company. They have stopped investment in India because they say the decisions of the court are beyond the limit of understanding. (They say) we don't understand the logic of banning diesel vehicles," Parrikar said.
He said he was astonished at some of the decisions of the judiciary.
"When there was the old Aguada jail, there was an inmate who died due to food poisoning. A famous lawyer known for filing cases went to a judge, threatened him and through him got an order that the Home Minister be booked under Section 304 of IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder)."
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