CWP No. 19369 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 19369 of 2009 Date of decision:- 15.02.2011 Bohti Devi @ Saneh Lata wife of Prem Chand, r/o H. No. 469, Phase II, Ram Darbar, U.T., Chandigarh. ...... Petitioner Vs Union of India and others. ......Respondents CORAM:-HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present: Ms. Ekta Thakur, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. O.S. Batalvi, Standing Counsel for UOI. * * * * RANJAN GOGOI, C.J. (ORAL) This PIL has been filed seeking a direction for amendment of Section 163-A (3) of the Motor Vehicles Act (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act'). The writ prayed for cannot be granted for obvious reasons. Be that as it may, from the reply filed by the Union of India it appears that amendment of Section 163-A (3) of the Act is under active consideration of the Parliament and in fact a proposed amendment was included in a Bill which was introduced in the House. The matter thereafter was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee and on the issue of the appropriate multiplier that should be adopted the CWP No. 19369 of 2009 2 matter is now under examination by an Expert Committee headed by Sh. S. Sundar, Distinguished Fellow of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Pending receipt of the report of the Committee the entire matter has been kept pending. In para 5 of the reply it is further stated that once the report of the Expert Committee is received the concerned Ministry would seek approval of the Cabinet and thereafter introduce a fresh Bill in the Parliament. In view of the aforesaid developments that have taken place, we are of the view that this PIL ought not to be kept pending any further. Instead we dispose of the same in the light of the statements made by the Union of India in the affidavit filed details of which have been noticed earlier. PIL shall stand disposed of in the above terms. (RANJAN GOGOI) CHIEF JUSTICE (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) JUDGE 15.02.2011 Amodh