Supreme Court of India(SCI)bans registration of diesel SUVs in Delhi till March 2016 Wednesday Dec 16,2015

 

The Supreme Court on Wednesday Dec 16,2015 ordered a ban on registration of diesel-run passenger vehicles of over 2000cc engine capacity in New Delhi and NCR till March 1, 2016.
Furthermore, the Supreme Court has also issued orders for the following:

1. Entry of trucks not carrying goods for Delhi from NH8 (Jaipur) and NH1 (Punjab) has been banned
2. Commercial vehicles registered before 2005 can not enter Delhi
3. All taxis in NCR region to convert to CNG by March 31, 2016

List of cars that will be affected due to this order

1. Mahindra
a. Mahindra Bolero
b. Mahindra Scorpio
c. Mahindra XUV500
2. SsangYong
a. SsangYong Rexton
3. Tata
a. Tata Sumo
b. Tata Safari DiCOR
c. Tata Safari Storme
d. Tata Xenon
4. Toyota
a. Toyota Innova
b. Toyota Fortuner
5. Chevrolet
a. Chevrolet TrailBlazer
Luxury Car Manufacturers
6. Mercedes-Benz
a. Mercedes-Benz A-Class: A 200 d
b. Mercedes-Benz B-Class: B 200 CDI Sport
c. Mercedes-Benz C-Class: C 220 CDI
d. Mercedes-Benz CLA: 200 CDI
e. Mercedes-Benz CLS: CLS 250 CDI
f. Mercedes-Benz E-Class: E 250 CDI AVANTGARDE, E 350 CDI AVANTGARDE
g. Mercedes-Benz GL: GL 350 CDI
h. Mercedes-Benz GLA: GLA 200 CDI
i. Mercedes-Benz GLE: GLE 250 d 4MATIC, GLE 350 d 4MATIC
j. Mercedes-Benz S-Class: S 350 CDI
7. BMW
a. BMW 5 Series 530d M Sport
b. BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe
c. BMW 7 Series (Local Assembly and CBU)
d. BMW 7 Series ActiveHybrid
e. BMW X3 xDrive 30d M Sport
f. BMW X5
g. BMW X6
h. BMW Z4 Roadster
8. Audi
a. Audi Q5 45 TDI quattro
b. Audi Q7
c. Audi A8L
9. Volvo
a. Volvo XC60 D5 Inscription
b. Volvo S60 D5 Inscription
c. Volvo S80 D5 Inscription

It also banned commercial vehicles registered before 2005 from entering Delhi. Also, commercial vehicles, which are not Delhi-bound, will not be allowed to enter the national capital through entry points NH-8 and NH-1. 

The SC also ordered all taxis in Delhi be converted to CNG. 

The court said it would also double the Environment Compensation Cess to be levied on commercial vehicles entering Delhi. Light commercial vehicles would have to pay Rs. 1400 instead of Rs. 700 and the heavy ones Rs. 2600, up from Rs. 1300. It was only on October 12 that the court had fixed the environment compensation charges. 

Earlier, amicus curiae and senior advocate Harish Salve submitted that 30 per cent of Delhi’s vehicular population was diesel-run and the number of vehicles as a whole had increased by 97 per cent since 2000. Mr. Salve said every third child in Delhi suffered from respiratory disorders and pollution mostly affected children and the elderly.

Note

Across the world, countries have decided to phase out old diesel cars to either boost their car trade or control pollution. All those who gave their cars away were either given cash incentives or tax benefits or allowed a longer time-frame to give up their vehicles.

Neither the Delhi government nor the NGT have, however, said anything regarding any incentive for diesel vehicle owners so far