Diesel engine ban: SC order clears paths for registration of small cars
Diesel engine ban :The Supreme Court order on Wednesday not only banned registration of diesel vehicles with engine capacity of over 2000cc until March 31, 2016, it also cleared the air on registration of smaller diesel vehicles. Recently, the National Green Tribunal ordered a ban on the registration of all diesel cars in Delhi. The green court had also asked the government to stop buying diesel cars in the national capital. The NGT was to review these provisional orders on January 6, 2016. But now that the Supreme Court order is out, NGT’s earlier directions have been overruled. The Bench of the apex court clarified it in as many words: “notwithstanding any order to the contrary passed by any court or authority or Tribunal whatsoever.” However, buyers of small diesel cars will have to pay higher pollution tax from next year. The quantum of such pollution tax is likely to be decided at the Supreme Court’s next hearing on January 5, 2016. Automobile industry has welcomed the ...