Delhi paralysed in 2 hours of rain, why should commuters pay toll? Chief Justice
While hearing the petition, the Supreme Court also raised questions about the 12-hour jam on a highway in Kerala, saying that if a person takes 12 hours to reach from one end of the road to another, then why should he pay the toll. 'Why should a person pay Rs 150 if it takes 12 hours for him to get from one end of the road to the other end? A road which is expected to take one hour, takes 11 more hours and they have to pay a toll as well,' the CJI said.A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V Anjaria made the remark while reserving its verdict based on pleas filed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and its concessionaire, Guruvayoor Infrastructure, challenging the Kerala High Court's order suspending toll collection at the Paliyekkara toll plaza in Thrissur.- EndsMust Watch
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Time of India
30 minutes ago
- Time of India
Won't interfere with HC order junking plea on Maha polls validity: SC
Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with an order passed by the Bombay HC which had dismissed a petition challenging the validity of the entire Maharashtra assembly elections held last year on the allegation of bogus voting. HC had rejected the plea filed by a voter on the ground that he did not place any evidence to substantiate his allegation of bogus voting and also that a writ petition cannot be filed to challenge an election as it has to be done through an election petition. Petitioner Chetan Ahire then moved SC against the HC order. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N K Singh, however, dismissed the appeal filed by Ahire. HC had in its order said, "There is nothing on record that at any polling station in the State of Maharashtra, any untoward incident/fraud had taken place. We, hence, fail to discern as to how, in the absence of any tangible material acceptable in law, which also needs to be booth wise, that there was any fraudulent voting or there was no voting." It also said that the petition was sans any tangible material whatsoever and also pulled up the petitioner for poor drafting of petition, as he impleaded the Election Commission with the nomenclature as "Chief Election Commission of India", and SEC by describing such respondent as "Chief Electoral Officer, the State Election Commission". by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Health and comfort: the comfiest slip-on shoes of the year Ultra-Comfortable Shoes Undo There were no such entities for a writ to be issued, the HC had said. "There is no other material whatsoever, much less of any authenticity, to the effect that there was any malpractice, fraud or complaint of any nature in regard to the voting at the closing hours of the poll i.e. at about 6 pm, not by the voters who were not in queue. We are of the clear opinion that merely on political opinions or on unsubstantiated newspaper reports, a petition under Article 226 cannot at all be maintained," HC had said.
NDTV
an hour ago
- NDTV
Supreme Court Rejects Petition Challenging 2024 Maharashtra Polls
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections on grounds of alleged irregularities in votes cast after 6 pm. A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh refused to interfere with the decision of the Bombay High Court that had dismissed a writ petition claiming that nearly 76 lakh votes - 6.8 per cent of the total - were "illegally" cast after the official polling hours on November 20, 2024. In an order passed on June 25 this year, the Bombay High Court had termed the writ petition -which relied on an RTI (Right To Information) response obtained by activist Venkatesh Nayak stating that the Election Commission of India (ECI) did not have records of post-6 p.m. votes - a "gross abuse of the process of law". A bench of Justices G.S. Kulkarni and Arif S. Doctor had observed that petitioner Chetan Chandrakant Ahire, a voter from Mumbai's Vikhroli constituency, had no locus standi to challenge elections across all the constituencies in Maharashtra. "It is a relief, too far-fetched, that too on the basis of no cause of action as the facts clearly demonstrate," stated the Justice Kulkarni-led Bench in its judgement. It further disapproved the reliance on newspaper articles and third-party RTI applications, saying: "We are of the clear opinion that merely on political opinions or on unsubstantiated newspaper reports, a petition under Article 226 cannot at all be maintained." It added that "there is no other material whatsoever, much less of any authenticity, to the effect that there was any malpractice, fraud or complaint of any nature in regard to the voting at the closing hours of the poll, i.e. at about 6 p.m." The Bombay High Court had also rejected the prayer to revert to paper ballots, citing the Supreme Court rulings upholding the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). "We have no manner of doubt that this writ petition needs to be summarily rejected. It is accordingly rejected. The hearing of this petition has practically taken the whole day, leaving aside our urgent cause list, and for such reason the petition would certainly warrant dismissal with cost, however, we refrain from doing so," the Justice Kulkarni-led Bench had observed.
Time of India
an hour ago
- Time of India
Centre moves SC against HC order to resume NREGA in Bengal from Aug 1
1 2 Kolkata: The Centre on Monday moved the Supreme Court , challenging a Calcutta High Court order that asked it to resume the NREGA scheme in Bengal from Aug 1. The SC is likely to hear the plea this week. In June, the HC had directed the Centre to resume the 100 days' work programme in Bengal from Aug 1, saying the scheme could not be "put in cold storage for eternity". The scheme has been suspended in the state for nearly three years. Refusing to buy the Centre's fake job card holders argument, Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam had said, "A person who obtained wages illegally or under fictitious names could not go free and had to be dealt with firmly. But what about those who did the work genuinely? A line should be drawn and a cut-off date announced." You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata | Gold Rates Today in Kolkata | Silver Rates Today in Kolkata Trinamool, however, has used the Centre's own data to question its argument. Citing figures placed in the Lok Sabha monsoon session by the Centre, it alleged that data showed that 11,07,814 fake NREGA job cards were deleted across India between 2022 and 2025. "BJP-governed Uttar Pradesh alone accounted for 4,50,172 deletions, 40.6% of the total. The other top offenders, Odisha, Bihar, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh, are all 'double engine' states. Bengal saw just 5,984 deletions, a mere 0.5%," the party had said. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
