HC Slams Authorities Over Seized Vehicles Choking City Roads; Seeks Policy by Apr 29

The Bombay High Court (HC) on April 8 came down heavily on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the city's traffic department for failing to formulate a coherent policy to manage seized vehicles that are routinely abandoned on public roads and in the vicinity of police stations.

- Karuna Nidhi

MUMBAI:

The court observed that the unregulated parking of such vehicles contributes significantly to Mumbai's chronic congestion and poses a serious inconvenience to pedestrians.

A division bench comprising Justices GS Kulkarni and Advait Sethna made the observations while hearing a public interest litigation filed by the Marathon Maxima Co-operative Housing Society through advocate Seema Chopda. The petition raised pressing concerns regarding the unchecked dumping, parking, and storing of seized vehicles—often for years—on public roads, open private plots, and around police stations across the city.