Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal in DND flyover toll case
A decision on granting an interim stay against the Allahabad high court ruling would be taken on Friday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear an appeal against quashing toll or user fee collection from vehicles on Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) expressway.
A bench headed by justice Anil R. Dave said a decision on granting an interim stay against the Allahabad high court ruling would be taken on Friday.
Noida Toll Bridge Co., the concessionaire for the DND flyway approached the apex court after the high court on 26 October directed that vehicle drivers using the expressway won’t have to pay toll charges.
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A two-judge bench comprising justices Arun Tandon and Sunita Agrawal, in a 121-page ruling, said the levy of the toll on the 9.2 km eight-lane expressway was “unfair and unjust" and that the users and commuters were being illegally taxed. The court also declared the clause allowing Noida Toll Bridge to collect toll as inoperative and bad in law. It said that method of calculating the total project cost of the expressway was arbitrary and against public policy.
Noida Toll Bridge had recovered Rs810.18 crore from toll income since the commencement of the expressway till 31 March 2014. Approximately Rs300 crore more was realized through user fee or toll between 1 April 2014 and 30 September 2016, the high court noted.
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