Delhi HC to hear petitions against odd-even scheme today

January 06, 2016 08:18

The Delhi high court will today hear a batch of petitions against the Aam Aadmi Party government's odd-even scheme.

The Delhi government's temporary initiative to check alarming air pollution has come under fire from the day it was announced and the latest petition too has sought quashing of the administration's December 28, 2015, notification bringing the scheme into force for 15 days from January 1.

A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath listed the petition for hearing along with the other PILs filed against the scheme.

Some of the PILs have challenged the entire scheme as being "arbitrary" or "ill-conceived", while others are against certain portions of it, like the exemptions given to women drivers and two-wheelers.

There are some PILs seeking inclusion of certain categories like lawyers in the list of exempted persons and some which have questioned whether the government has the power to modify vehicular movement in the national capital.

The latest petition by Delhi resident B Badrinath claims that the city government's scheme violates his fundamental rights -- equality, freedom of movement and right to practise any profession or occupation -- guaranteed under the Constitution.

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