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.
‘Provisions of Motor Vehicles Act are completely tying our hands. How can we say do not follow the law? That is the difficulty we are facing. Give us the proposal of directions you want us to pass,’ a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul said.
The proposal, to be filed by the ministry, will contain measures for regulating plying of e-rickshaws during the interregnum between now and when the rules will be framed under the Act. During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Pinky Anand and advocate Balendu Shekhar informed the court that the draft rules will be placed soon before the Law Ministry. The ASG also said that e-rickshaw operators live on the basis of their earnings and the government is seeking exemption or interim directions for just four weeks.
‘Provisions of Motor Vehicles Act are completely tying our hands. How can we say do not follow the law? That is the difficulty we are facing. Give us the proposal of directions you want us to pass,’ a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul said.
The proposal, to be filed by the ministry, will contain measures for regulating plying of e-rickshaws during the interregnum between now and when the rules will be framed under the Act. During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Pinky Anand and advocate Balendu Shekhar informed the court that the draft rules will be placed soon before the Law Ministry. The ASG also said that e-rickshaw operators live on the basis of their earnings and the government is seeking exemption or interim directions for just four weeks.