Will vehicles not having FASTag be deemed illegal, not allowed to ply, Bombay High Court asks Centre

THE BOMBAY High Court on Friday sought to know from the Central government whether the vehicles not having FASTag will be deemed as illegal and not allowed to ply on the roads.

The court also asked the Centre to state its position on the fine imposed on non-FASTag vehicles for entering FASTag lanes.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni was on Friday hearing a PIL filed by Arjun Khanapure, a businessman from Pune, challenging the February 12 and February 14 circulars that made FASTag mandatory and also doubled the fee for a single journey as penalty for vehicles not having FASTag.