"Can't Be So Helpless": Court To MLA Seeking Direction To Repair Flyover
NDTV
The High Court was hearing a petition by BJP MLA Jitendra Mahajan, who sought direction to the Delhi government to repair and reopen a flyover near Nathu Colony Chowk.
The Delhi High Court on Monday said a member of the legislative assembly (MLA) approaching it to resolve an issue with the public authorities was not a good reflection on the government. A bench of Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela made the observation while hearing a PIL by MLA Jitendra Mahajan seeking a direction to the Delhi government and its departments to repair and reopen a flyover near Nathu Colony Chowk in the national capital.
"If MLAs start coming to court, what will happen? He should raise the issue in the legislative assembly...The man has to know how to raise an issue. He has to get everyone's work done," it remarked.
The court granted time to the counsel for the authorities to seek instructions on the plea, but remarked the MLA should raise the issue in the assembly or explore other alternatives.
