New Delhi, April 22 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Central government to apprise it of its policy decisions made periodically to promote the use of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and the infrastructure made available for them.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh granted four weeks' time to Attorney General R Venkataramani to respond to its queries and posted the matter for hearing on May 14.

The apex court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking proper implementation of the government's policies to promote the purchase and use of EVs.

During the hearing of the case, advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioner Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), said that the government must provi...