New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is scheduled to review its earlier ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the national capital on Thursday. The high court had on Monday refused to vacate the stay on the plying of e-rickshaws in Delhi and said it will continue till August 14.
A division bench of Justice BD Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul is set to examine the proposal of the central government which submitted that the state transport department will issue identity card-cum-temporary permission to drive e-rickshaws till October 15.
During the last hearing, additional solicitor general Pinky Anand asked the court to allow plying of e-rickshaws as the issue was of utmost sensitivity as lakhs of people and their livelihood are being affected due to the ban.
The court, however, refused to lift the ban, and asked the central government to file its proposal with an affidavit. The proposal also said the Delhi government will issue identity marks and stickers for e-rickshaws.
The high court had earlier made it clear that it will not allow the plying of unregulated e-rickshaws in the capital unless the vehicles have registration and insurance and their drivers have licences.
The central government, on the last date of hearing, submitted draft guidelines to the court to regulate plying of e-rickshaws by bringing these battery-operated vehicles under the ambit of the Motor Vehicles Act.
The finalization of these rules may take two months due to compliance of procedural modalities and effective deliberations for framing such rules,” said the draft guidelines. As per the draft guidelines, the e-rickshaws will run at a maximum speed of less than 25 km per hour with a maximum capacity of four people and 50-kg load.
Bureau Report
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