On August 22, the high court had, while dealing with a batch of petitions against seizure of end-of-life vehicles by the authorities for being in violation of judicial orders banning use of petrol and diesel vehicles over 15 years and 10 years old, respectively, directed their release on an undertaking by the owners that they will either permanently park them in private spaces or remove them from the city limits.
The direction came in a plea moved by the owner of a 15-year-old “family heritage” car seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against authorities for non-compliance with the HC’s previous order.
Prasad further drew the court’s attention to the RTI response by the department, wherein he had made the complaint on August 23 which was forwarded to the division concerned on October 10 a delay of about 48 days.
The Delhi High Court on Monday expressed its "extreme displeasure" over government officials failing to comply with directions on greening the arterial roads in the national capital.