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{ NHAI PLEA DISMISSED } No tolls for roads with potholes, gutters: SC
Hindustan Times
|August 20, 2025
The Supreme Court has ruled that commuters cannot be compelled to pay tolls on highways that are incomplete, riddled with potholes, or rendered impassable by traffic snarls, upholding a Kerala High Court order suspending toll collection at the Paliyekkara plaza in Thrissur district.
A bench led by Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai and comprising Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria dismissed appeals filed by the National Highways Authorit
This story is from the August 20, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times.
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