Karnataka HC refuses to interfere with the Bangalore subway fares. Say the problem belongs to the expert field, not the court

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The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the decision of Bangalore Metro Corporation Limited to raise the price of subway service tickets, rejecting the PIL petition on Tuesday, which claimed that the fare was a “breach of commitment” because it exceeded the limits of the “commitment”.

The division judge, including Chief Justice NV Anjaria and Justice KV Aravind, passed the order while rejecting petitions filed by Sanath Kumar Shetty and others in Bangalore.

Fare price structure

The petitioner argued that the fare structure was irrational because it did not comply with the site-to-site model and violated Article 33 of the Metro Rail (Operation and Maintenance) of 2002 (Operation and Maintenance).

The petitioner also claimed that the “promissory note principle” has been violated as the initial proposal of the ticket price amendment by BMRCL, but later increased by 71%, leaving the public deprived of the opportunity to raise objections.

“Failing is an expert exercise that includes technical and financial considerations, including technical and financial considerations. The area in which the court explores this aspect is not better considered by the filing committees of the fare, which constitutes regulations,” the substitute stated.

Additionally, the bench said, “The doctrine of estoppel or legal expectations violated the promissory note estoppel or legal expectations has little leg… The case situation shows that the case situation shows that there is any violation of legal expectations simply because the petitioner is simply because fairness should not increase a certain level and is not completed.”