November 21st 2023.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea for the safety and protection of pedestrians on highways. The bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sydhanshu Dhulia was hearing a petition challenging a Gujarat High Court order which had said that no positive directives could be given as the reliefs sought in the petition were matters of policy decisions.
The counsel for the petitioners had referred to statistics which showed an increase in road accidents involving pedestrians in the country. In response, the bench said that such incidents would occur when pedestrians were found present in places they were not supposed to be.
The bench also noted that the concept of highways was that it was supposed to be segregated and that discipline was required. It said that it was not possible to have a variety of traffic on highways, including pedestrians. The bench also said that the High Court had granted liberty to the petitioners to approach the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and that the petition was without logic.
The Supreme Court also slammed the Centre over its delay in appointing Sikh judges to the higher judiciary and said that it did not send a good signal. The court said that such delays could be interpreted as discrimination and that it was important for the Centre to take note of the need for diversity in the higher judiciary.
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