Another attempt by Blueline bus operators to buy time before the phaseout deadline of December 14 was rejected by the Delhi high court on Tuesday. The court refused to entertain their plea seeking stay against the phaseout notification of the Delhi government.
A bench headed by Justice A.K. Sikri did not admit the plea of the operators in which they had sought the stay on the ground that it would lead to loss of income and livelihood for them. This was the second time the bus operators had used the argument to seek a stay on the October 27 Delhi government notification which said that nearly 2,400 Blueline buses would be phased out.
In their earlier petition before a bench headed by Justice S.K. Kaul, the operators had pleaded for a stay on the grounds of livelihood. However, the court had rejected their demand saying the lives of people were more important than their livelihood.
Blueline buses acquired a negative image as they have been involved in fatal accidents due to rash driving and competition between buses on same route.
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‘NET must for post of lecturers’
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
Dec. 7: A Delhi high court bench comprising Delhi high court Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan has upheld the regulation of the University Grants Commission (UGC) making it mandatory for those aspiring to be lecturers to pass the National Eligibility Test (NET).
The UGC had brought the regulation in 2009, which was challenged by the All-India Researchers’ Coordi-nation Committee on the ground that the order violated UGC’s own regulation of 2006 in which a person with an M. Phil. and Ph.D. was considered eligible for the post of lecturer.