MP Tejasvi Surya Moves Karnataka HC Against BMRCL
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At the moment, On seventh July, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya instructed the Karnataka Excessive Courtroom that the brand new Bengaluru Metro fare is “unaffordable for a lot of middle-class commuters.” He accused BMRCL of hiding the report that really helpful the steep fare hike.
Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya approached the Karnataka Excessive Courtroom, alleging that the state authorities and Bangalore Metro Rail Company Ltd (BMRCL) are hiding the Metro Fare Fixation Committee (FFC) report, which proposed a significant fare hike.
Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav issued a discover concerning the matter on Monday and scheduled the case for a listening to the week after subsequent.
Throughout a short listening to, the decide humorously remarked,
“You (Tejasvi Surya) are so highly effective; you’ll be able to’t get BMRCL to try this (disclose the report)?”
In response, Surya’s counsel acknowledged,
“We have now written to them, we met MD straight; they’re saying they’re ready for the State’s approval. The general public can also be behind them (to launch the report).”
The counsel additional argued that the BMRCL lacks the authority to withhold the Fare Fixation Committee (FFC) report.
Surya’s petition, filed by means of Advocate Anirudh A Kulkarni, famous that the FFC was established on September 7, 2024, chaired by retired Madras Excessive Courtroom decide Justice R Tharani, to advocate a revised fare construction for the metro trains operated by BMRCL.
Surya acknowledged,
“This fare construction is unaffordable for a lot of middle-class commuters,”
The FFC submitted its report in December 2024, which led to a big fare enhance for Bengaluru Metro, efficient February 2025.
The petition acknowledged,
“Based mostly on the suggestions of the mentioned Committee, BMRCL applied a considerable fare hike on February 9, 2025, growing fares by as much as 100% in some circumstances, with most fare rising from Rs. 60 to Rs. 90, making Namma Metro the costliest metro system in India,”
Surya highlighted that he had beforehand raised issues in Parliament concerning the burden the elevated fares positioned on commuters. Following public opposition, the fares have been partially lowered in February, capping the utmost enhance at 71 %.
In April, Surya formally requested that the BMRCL make the FFC report publicly accessible.
Nonetheless, the BMRCL didn’t comply, main Surya to ship a follow-up letter in Could. He additionally discovered that a number of others, together with media personnel, had submitted Proper to Info (RTI) requests for the disclosure of the FFC report, all of which have been unsuccessful.
His plea famous,
“Until date, BMRCL has not acted upon the Petitioner’s letters or public requests for launch of the FFC report,”
Consequently, he’s now searching for the Courtroom’s intervention. Surya’s plea emphasised,
“BMRCL is a three way partnership of Authorities of India and Authorities of Karnataka that makes use of public funds and has a constitutional responsibility to operate transparently with out claiming immunity from its obligation to reveal the Report of the FFC, extra so, when the choice to hike the fare that impacts most of the people, stems from the mentioned Report.”
He characterised his authorized motion as a struggle for transparency and equity in governance.
He concluded,
“I can’t relaxation till Namma Bengaluru turns into a mannequin in public transport for all of India,”
Through the protest on Saturday concerning the delay in launching the Yellow Line, Surya reiterated his name for the BMRCL to promptly launch the FFC report, emphasizing that the general public deserves transparency and an understanding of the explanations behind the fare enhance.
Case Title: LS Tejasvi Surya v. Bengaluru Metro Rail Company Restricted and ors
