PIL ON BLUE LINE DEFERRED

PIL hearing on Blueline deferred

The Delhi High Court on Thursday deferred the hearing in a PIL related to the rampaging Blueline buses saying it could hear the matter only after the issue of “judicial restraint” was clarified by the apex court.
A Division Bench of Justices Vikramjit Sen and P K Bhasin said “What is the hurry? Let us wait for the outcome of the petition, filed before the Supreme Court on the issue.”
Dismissing a contention that the apex court ruling did not apply to this case, the court said it could hear the matter only when the issue of “judicial restraint” was clarified by the Supreme Court. News reports
The court then posted the matter, which was earlier instituted as PIL after it had taken suo motu cognizance of news reports relating to road accidents in the Capital involving Blueline buses, to February 5. Senior advocate Kailash Vasudev, who is assisting the court as amicus curiae (friend of court), submitted that the ruling of Justices Markendaya Katju and A K Mathur of the Supreme Court did not apply on this case as “the High Court is not going to frame any law on the Blueline menace.” “The SC ruling says that the judiciary cannot frame laws, but it can only ensure compliance of existing laws,” he said, adding that the earlier apex court rulingshave not been adhered to by operators.