law: The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
  45. Refusal 
  
  of registration or renewal of the certificate of registration.
  The  
  
  registering authority  may,  by  order,  refuse  to register any  motor 
  
  vehicle,  or renew the certificate of registration in respect  of a motor 
  
  vehicle (other than a transport vehicle), if in either case,  the registering  
  
  authority has reason to believe that it is a  stolen motor vehicle or the 
  
  vehicle is mechanically defective or fails to comply with the requirements of 
  
  this Act or of the rules made hereunder, or  if the  applicant fails  to furnish 
  
  particulars of any previous  registration   of  the   vehicle  or   furnishes  
  
  inaccurate particulars in  the application for registration of the vehicle or, 
  
  as the case  may be,  for renewal  of  the  certificate  or  registration 
  
  thereof and  the registering  authority shall  furnish  the  applicant whose 
  
  vehicle  is  refused  registration,  or  whose  application  for renewal of  the 
  
  certificate of registration is refused, a copy of such order, together with the 
  
  reasons for such refusal.