New Delhi:
Individuals are not alleged to roam round on highways, the Supreme Courtroom stated on Monday whereas refusing to entertain a plea elevating the problem of security and safety of pedestrians on highways.
The court docket was listening to a petition difficult an order handed by the Gujarat Excessive Courtroom on a plea elevating points pertaining to the security and safety of pedestrians on highways.
Dismissing the plea, the excessive court docket had stated no optimistic instructions will be given because the reliefs claimed within the petition could be a matter of coverage selections.
It had stated for the grievances raised within the plea, it was open for the petitioners to strategy the Union Ministry of Street Transport and Highways.
The matter got here up for listening to on Monday earlier than a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia.
The counsel for the petitioners stated the problem raised within the plea pertained to the security and safety of pedestrians on highways.
”How do pedestrians come on a freeway?” the bench requested, including that there needs to be self-discipline.
Referring to statistics, the counsel stated there was an enormous enhance within the variety of highway accidents involving pedestrians within the nation.
The bench stated such incidents would happen if pedestrians are discovered current the place they don’t seem to be alleged to be.
”The idea of highways is that it’s alleged to be segregated. Individuals are not alleged to be roaming round on highways. That self-discipline is required,” it noticed.
”Tomorrow, you’ll say that they need to be permitted to stroll or stroll on a freeway and the automobiles ought to cease. How can that occur?” the bench requested.
When the lawyer once more referred to the statistics and stated the variety of deaths from such accidents has gone up, the bench stated, ”That’s as a result of highways have elevated … our self-discipline has not elevated.”
It stated the excessive court docket had granted liberty to the petitioners to strategy the ministry involved.
”You possibly can by no means have quite a lot of site visitors on highways, together with pedestrians on highways. You be proud of what you’ve got,” the bench stated, including, ”If individuals violate the norms, how can the court docket say they will violate the norms?” It stated persons are not discovered roaming round on highways anyplace on this planet.
”This can be a petition completely with out logic. This could have been dismissed with value,” the bench noticed, including, ”You could have nonetheless obtained one thing from the excessive court docket.”
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