India, Aug. 23 -- Chandigarh's e-auction for vanity numbers witnessed some record highs, with one of the bids being the costliest registration number ever sold in the city.

In the latest e-auction by the Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA), the vanity number '0001' of the of the CH01-DA series was sold for Rs.36.43 lakh, the costliest registration number in the city, The Indian Express reported. The reserve price of the number stood at Rs.50,000, with multiple bidders contesting for its ownership.

Meanwhile, the special number '0007', associated typically with James Bond due to the intelligence code '007', also saw a tight bid, selling for Rs.16.50 in the auction.

The second highest bid was won for the number '0003' at Rs.17.84 l...