The court also rejected the prayer in the petition seeking reduction of fares and to make 15 slabs of the ticket price instead of existing six.
KRC TIMES Desk
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition challenging the AAP government’s proposal to make metro ride free for women.
A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar declined to entertain the plea, saying there is no substance in it and imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on the petitioner.
“The announcement by the Government of NCT of Delhi to make Metro travel free for women has once again ignited the cause of fare revision of Delhi Metro as was done in the case of Mumbai Metro by the Bombay High court.
The current fares of Mumbai High court are still in consonance with the directions given by the court which makes it affordable for the common masses and gives it the character of a “mass rapid transit system” in the real sense. A reasonable fare is much more respectable than free travel,” the plea had said.
The court also rejected a request in the petition seeking reduction of fares and replacing the existing six slabs of ticket prices with 15.
“Fixation of fares is a statutory provision and it depends on several factors including cost which cannot be determined in a PIL,” the bench said.
