Khushi Gupta
Published on: May 5, 2022 at 16:24 IST
The Delhi High Court issued Notice to the Central and Delhi Governments on a Public Interest Litigation Petition seeking directions to make Insurance cover compulsory for all Electric Vehicles.
A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla sought responses from the Central and Delhi Governments, and listed the Case for further hearing on October 20.
The Petition filed by Advocate Rajat Kapoor said that the rise in petrol and diesel prices has created a huge market for the electric vehicles, and there is an urgent need to address the issue that a large number of electrically operated two-wheeler vehicles do not have insurance.
“That lack of rules relating to insurance will create a Plethora of Vehicles running or flying on the road which do not have any source of origin and this can create a situation of havoc in coming days.”
“That specifically on the point of Third-party Insurance it is very important that Electric Vehicles should not be allowed to leave the showroom till the time the insurance formality is complete”, the Plea argued.