Build facilities, not just highways: SC to Centre

The top court said though Section 164A of Motor Vehicles Act was brought into force April 1, 2022 for a period of three years, the Centre did not implement it by framing the scheme for the interim relief to claimants

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

You are constructing huge highways but people are dying there because of lack of facilities, the Supreme Court Monday said as it pulled up the Centre over the delay in formulating a cashless scheme for treating motor accident victims.

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan observed despite its January 8 order, the Centre neither complied with the direction nor did it ask for an extension of time.

The top court said though Section 164A of Motor Vehicles Act was brought into force April 1, 2022 for a period of three years, the Centre did not implement it by framing the scheme for the interim relief to claimants.