'Limiting speed to 80 where exceeding 50 kmph rare!'
A vacation bench of justices P D Naik and M S Karnik deferred till June 12 the hearing on a petition by Mumbai tax drivers' union challenging Maharashtra government's order to install speed governors in their vehicles by June 30.
Bemused at the Mumbai authorities' decision to enforce a speed limit of 80 kmph despite the city traffic barely letting one drive beyond 50 kmph, the Bombay High Court has deferred the hearing on a plea against fitting speed governors in taxis.
A vacation bench of justices P D Naik and M S Karnik deferred till June 12 the hearing on a petition by Mumbai tax drivers' union challenging Maharashtra government's order to install speed governors in their vehicles by June 30.
"The present traffic conditions in Mumbai anyway permit speed till 50 kmph only. The government has still kept the limit till 80 kmph," quipped Justice Naik.
The Taximen's union had approached the high court early this week after the state transport commissioner's office issued a circular to Regional Transport Offices last week directing them not to give clearances to any taxi undergoing the annual fitness test, unless it has installed a speed governor.
The speed limit of 80 kmph will apply to black-and- yellow taxis, mobile app-based cabs and tourist taxis, small tempos and pick-up vans weighing less than 3,500 kg.
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