The High Court has ruled that no battery-driven rickshaw would ply in the Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations.
A HC bench comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Khurshid Alam Sarkar passed the verdict yesterday afternoon.
The bench passed the verdict after rejecting four writ petitions that sought the High Court's directive to the city corporations authorities for giving licence to battery-driven rickshaws to run on city the roads.
Ruhul Quddus Kazal, lawyer of Dhaka City Corporations, said, “As there is no scope to give licence to such rickshaws under existing law, the court has rejected the pleas.”
Various organisations of such rickshaw drivers submitted applications to the city corporation authorities for licence, but their applications were not disposed, prompting them to file separate writ petitions with the High Court.
The court earlier had issued ruling in this regard.
However, after hearing both the sides over the ruling, the bench led by Justice Mirza Hussain Haider rejected the petitions.
