On her last day in office, Chief Justice Manjula Chellur of the Bombay High Court, allowed the petition filed by Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA), challenging the fare fixation committee report of 2015, allowing Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL), an arm of Reliance Infrastructure, to hike fares upto Rs 110.
On her last day in office, Chief Justice Manjula Chellur of the Bombay High Court, allowed the petition filed by Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA), challenging the fare fixation committee report of 2015, allowing Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL), an arm of Reliance Infrastructure, to hike fares upto Rs 110.
The court has asked the Union of India to form a new committee on receiving an application by the company, which will have to decide the issue within three months. Until then the company has been restrained to increase the fare.
Meanwhile, a Mumbai Metro One spokesperson said, "We are studying the detailed order and based on same, we shall take appropriate legal recourse."
The MMOPL had argued for the increase on the ground that it was not able to meet the operation cost and was having difficulty in paying the interest on the loan taken to build the Metro.
The MMOPL had started operations on the 11.4km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar route from June 7, with a promotional fare of Rs10. Thereafter, the fares were increased to Rs10, Rs20, Rs30 and Rs40, depending on distance. The court had upheld the initial fare hike.
Later, the three-member FFC, led by a retired SC judge, had recommended increasing the fare up to Rs110. The maximum fare currently levied for the ride is Rs 40.
The committee report has been challenged by the MMRDA in the high court. It was said by MMRDA that as per the agreement the fares cannot be raised by the company.
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