New Delhi -The Supreme Court has withdrawn a decade-old exemption for commercial vehicles carrying essential commodities from paying the Environment Compensation Cess (ECC) before entering Delhi.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V Anjaria passed the order on September 26, which was made public recently.

The court held that the earlier exemption, granted in October 2015, was creating “genuine operational difficulties” and undermining the purpose of the levy.

The bench allowed the application of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), seeking the removal of “the exemption granted to commercial vehicles carrying Essential Commodities viz. Vegetables, Fruits, Milk, Grains, Egg., Ice (to be used as food item), Poultry Items…lade

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