While the Central government plans to bring e-rickshaws under the ambit of local municipalities, Delhi High Court bans them citing safety and lack of regulations Even as Central government is planning to allow local municipalities to frame regulations for e-rickshaws, the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the government to stop plying of e-rickshaws in the city till the delhi transport department comes up with a law to regulate these vehicles. The court also took note of news reports that a three-year-old boy died and his mother was injured on Wednesday in Delhi as a result of an accident involving an e-rickshaw. Lawyer Sugriva Dubey, who argued on behalf of Shahnawaz Khan, the petitioner who filed a PIL against the Delhi government’s transport department, the bench comprising of justices B D Ahmad and S Mridul asked the government to stop the e-rickshaws “as of now while stating that unregulated plying of vehicles on Delhi roads is prima facie a hazard to other traffic on road as well as the citizens”.

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