New Delhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its reluctance to intervene with the order of the Kerala High Court, suspending the toll collection at Paliekara toll plaza in Thrissur district.
A bench, including Chief Justice Bry and Vinod Chandran of Justice, who was hearing a petition by the National Highway Authority of India, referred to the poor condition of Edapalli -Mantrathi stretch of National Highway 544 in Kerala.
“You toll from people and do not provide services … Service road is not maintained,” the bench said.
On August 6, the High Court ordered a four -week suspension of the toll collection, given that the motorists could not be charged when the highway was maintained badly and the traffic crowd was severe.
It said that the relationship between the public and the NHAI was one of the “public trust” and the failure to maintain smooth traffic flow disturbed that belief.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued to appear for NHAI, the High Court’s decision “incorrectly” allowed the concessional, Gurvayur Infrastructure Limited to recover the damage from NHAI.
He said that under the operation and maintenance contract, the concession was responsible for themselves.
Justice Chandran said that intersections were mentioned away from the toll plaza and a local news report of a person who remembered his father -in -law’s funeral due to traffic jams at the toll booth was mentioned.
Justice Chandran told NHAI, “Instead of filing an appeal and wasting time, you do something.”
When Mehta showed a adjournment to present the map, the CJI said, “Do you want to postpone the dismissal?”
The bench indicated that it was not willing to accept the petition, but would clarify that disputes between NHAI and the concession can be resolved through arbitration.
The case was deployed on Monday for further hearing with a separate petition of the concession.
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