Bombay HC seeks CAG probe report on Mumbai Pune Expressway toll collection

The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to look into allegations of irregularities in toll collection on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.

The Bombay High Court has ordered the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) to file comprehensive affidavit in reply dealing with petition against toll collection on the Mumbai Pune Expressway and the reply filed by Maharashtra state road development corporation (MSRDC). The Bombay High Court has specified that "such affidavit be filed after making thorough inquiry into accounts of MSRDC." A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni directed the CAG to audit accounts of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) and to submit an affidavit on its findings within three weeks.