A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was knowledgeable that nobody appeared on behalf of Tamil Nadu on the listening to, and that the State had not filed any affidavit detailing the steps taken to adjust to the Courtroom’s April 13 order on freeway security.
“As far as State of Tamil Nadu is worried nobody is current on behalf of the stated state. We direct Chief Secretary of State of Tamil Nadu to look by video conferencing on subsequent date,” the Courtroom stated.
It clarified that the State would nonetheless be at liberty to file its compliance affidavit, together with an evidence for the delay, earlier than the subsequent listening to.
The Courtroom was additionally knowledgeable that the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs and the Ministry of Highway Transport and Highways (MoRTH) had additionally not filed their affidavits, regardless of the Solicitor Common showing on their behalf.
It then granted each ministries two weeks to conform, and cautioned that their secretaries would even be required to look in individual in the event that they didn’t file their affidavits.