కోర్టులు ప్రైవేటీకరణను అడ్డుకోగలవా
A division bench of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday said the state Cabinet’s decision to privatise 5,100 RTC routes cannot be faulted since it has only initiated the process under Section 102 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
The process has not commenced, and there is no evidence to prove the state’s ulterior motive on the issue as alleged by the petitioner, the bench said, adding that Section 67 of the Act bestows power on the state government to bring a private state carriage system into the RTC, and that power cannot be snatched by the court.
“We are moving away from a socialist background to the private sector, and the law permits this. We are in the age of globalisation and capitalism... We cannot stick to the 1947 period. Even private players are allowed in the railway sector. The (Central) government took a conscious decision of allowing private players even in the airlines sector. This court is bound to abide by the amendments passed by Parliament... The petitioner’s argument does not hold water”, the court observed.
The bench, comprising Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A Abhishek Reddy, made these observations on a PIL filed by Prof PL Vishweshwar Rao, vice-president of the Telangana Jana Samithi, challenging the State Cabinet’s November 2 decision to privatise permits of 5,100 TSRTC routes. The petitioner sought a stay on all further proceedings on privatisation of the permits.
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కోర్టులు ప్రైవేటీకరణను అడ్డుకోగలవా A division bench of the Telangana High Court on Tuesday said the state Cabinet’s decision to privatise 5,100 RTC routes cannot be faulted since it has only initiated the process under Section 102 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The process has not commenced, and there is no evidence to prove the state’s ulterior motive on the issue as alleged by the petitioner, the bench said, adding that Section 67 of the Act bestows power on the state government to bring a private state carriage system into the RTC, and that power cannot be snatched by the court. “We are moving away from a socialist background to the private sector, and the law permits this. We are in the age of globalisation and capitalism... We cannot stick to the 1947 period. Even private players are allowed in the railway sector. The (Central) government took a conscious decision of allowing private players even in the airlines sector. This court is bound to abide by the amendments passed by Parliament... The petitioner’s argument does not hold water”, the court observed. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice A Abhishek Reddy, made these observations on a PIL filed by Prof PL Vishweshwar Rao, vice-president of the Telangana Jana Samithi, challenging the State Cabinet’s November 2 decision to privatise permits of 5,100 TSRTC routes. The petitioner sought a stay on all further proceedings on privatisation of the permits.
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