GUWAHATI: The Supreme Court of India has clarified that any type of modification other than the ones done by the manufacturer is against the law.
A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Vineet Saran stated that an alteration or a modification is a change in structure which results in changes in basic features of the vehicle. Though the court has left the authorities to decide which modifications can go and which cannot.
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“No vehicle can be altered so as to change original specification made by a manufacturer. Such particulars cannot be altered which have been specified by the manufacturer for the purpose of entry in the certificate of registration,” said the bench.
The bench on Tuesday overturned a Kerala High Court decision and ruled that as mandated under Section 52(1) of the Motor Vehicle Act, the vehicle being registered must meet the “original specifications by the manufacturer”.