The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issued the Draft Central Motor Vehicles (...............Amendment) Rules, 2026 to further amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.
The following has been stated:
• In Rule 33, after the words “testing agency specified under rule 126”, the words “or automotive component manufacturer” have been inserted;
• In the said rules, in rule 53B, for sub-rule (2) and the provisos thereof, the following sub-rule has been substituted, namely, — “(2) Any temporary registration granted under sub-rule (1), other than a temporary registration granted under proviso to section 43, shall be valid for a period of: a. six months from the date of its issue, in case of a chassis to which a body has not been attached: Provided that where the chassis is detained in a workshop beyond the said period of six months for being fitted with a body or due to any unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the owner, the registering authority may, on submission of application in Form 20B and payment of appropriate fee as specified in rule 81 by the owner, extend the initial period of validity one or more times by 30 days each, as the registering authority may deem fit;
• In rule 88, in sub-rule (3), after the Explanation, the following sub-rule has been inserted, namely, — “(3A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rules (1), (2), and (3), in the case of a battery operated vehicle, hydrogen fuel based vehicle or any natural gas driven vehicles, the age limits specified therein, as the case may be, shall stand extended by a period of five years.
Please refer to the document attached below for more details.
