A family owning only one flat should not be allowed to own 4-5 cars : Bombay High Court

Expressing grief over the absence of a uniform policy with regard to designated space for parking of vehicles in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court observed that the authorities should not allow citizens to own more than one private vehicle who do not have proper parking facilities. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice GS Kulkarni said that the authorities should not allow “a family having only one flat to own four or five cars and in whose residential society they have” vehicle parking. There isn’t enough space.
The bench was hearing a PIL filed by Navi Mumbai resident and activist Sandeep Thakur challenging a government notification that amended the Integrated Development Control and Promotion Regulatory Act to allow developers to reduce space for car parking. has gone. Thakur said in the petition that the developers were not providing adequate parking space in the new high-rise buildings due to which the residents were forced to park their vehicles outside the premises of the residential societies. “All roads are flooded with vehicles and 30 per cent of the roads on each side are surrounded by parking on both sides,” the court said. It has become common. Simultaneously, the court directed the state’s counsel to respond within two weeks.