SUV sales may go on

New Delhi: The Supreme Court also indicated it will consider lifting the ban on registration of SUVs and diesel cars with engine capacities of 2,000cc and above and favoured a one-time environment cess on the showroom value of the vehicles.

Giving this indication, a three-judge Bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justices A.K. Sikri and R. Banumathi observed “We are inclined to allow registration. We are open to the registration subject to some kind of one-time cess.”