AGNIVESH AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF U.P.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Both the petitioners who are students of law of the University of Allahabad have brought focus on the manner in which registration plates are used on motor vehicles.

(2.) The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 provide in Rule 50 the form and manner of display of registration marks on motor vehicles and in Rule 51 the size of letters and numerals of the registration mark.

(3.) According to the petitioners, in the absence of uniformity, the registration plates which are being used on motor vehicles do not follow any consistent pattern. The registration plates carry references to the names of the holder and very often, occupation. The averments contained in para 11 of the writ petition are as follows: