The High Court further said that what is prohibited under law, cannot be permitted.
It is worth mentioning that earlier in August the court asked the
Transport Ministry to submit the proposal after observing that as per
the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, the hands of the court are
tied in respect of allowing e-rickshaws to ply.
The court had on August 21, refused to pass any interim order to
permit their operation saying ‘we have to be clear about what we are
doing, can't do it just like that’.
However, on July 31, the court banned plying of e-rickshaws on city
roads on the plea of social activist Shanawaz Khan who had alleged that
these vehicles which are designed to ferry only four people including
the driver, carry more than eight people at a time, endangering their
lives.
While banning the e-rickshaws, the court had observed that the
vehicles are illegally running on Delhi roads and ‘prima facie a hazard
to other traffic as well citizens’.
Source: Latest News from State News
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