HC issues bailable warrant after ‘ill’ BBMP engineer-in-chief fails to appear

The high court on Tuesday issued a bailable warrant against the BBMP’s engineer-in-chief for failing to appear before it in connection with a PIL petition on potholes.

On February 7, a division bench headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi had asked the BBMP for an explanation on the status of automatic pothole-filling machines after being informed the existing contract to a private agency had expired on January 3, 2022. The bench also directed the engineer-in-chief to appear before the court in person.

But on Tuesday, the BBMP counsel told the court the engineer-in-chief was not present because he was ill.