New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will on Tuesday pass an order on whether to lift the ban on the plying of e-rickshaws in the capital till the law is amended to bring them under the ambit of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 for regulating them on the roads. A division bench had listed the matter for orders after conclusion of arguments on a writ petition seeking its regulation.
The bench banned plying of e-rickshaws on the city roads on July 31, saying they were illegally running and were hazardous to other traffic as well as citizens.
The Centre then moved the court asking to review its order of banning e-rickshaws as thousands of people and their livelihood were being affected by the ban.
The court has time and again asked the Centre as to how it could allow e-rickshaws to ply illegally. The Centre has argued that it came up with draft rules on plying of these battery-operated vehicles and these have been submitted to the Law Ministry.
Advocate Sugriv Dubey, appearing for social activist Shahnawaz who filed the petition to ban e-rickshaws, however, told the bench that due to the e-rickshaws, two major accidents have taken place and two people have died.
He said 137 cases have been registered against rash driving by e-rickshaw drivers.
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