The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday orally directed the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority (GSLSA) to conduct a survey of certain identified roads in Ahmedabad city to prepare a report on the issue of traffic violations and illegal and haphazard parking around roadside eateries, shopping centers and other areas. The High Court orally remarked that the public think it as a “matter of right” to violate traffic laws.
The Division Bench of Justice A S Supehia and Justice L S Pirzada was hearing a 2019 contempt petition related to the alleged non-compliance of the earlier directions of the High Court issued in a 2017 PIL on traffic management in the state.
The oral remarks were made based on the submissions made by Government pleader G H Virk and advocate Amit Panchal, who is representing