Delhi HC turns down PIL seeking check on fuel prices

Delhi HC turns down PIL seeking check on fuel prices

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to issue an order to Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the judicature's intervention in fixing a fair price for petrol and diesel.
The court refused to hear the petition saying that it cannot interfere in a policy matter involving larger economic issues.
The complainant mentioned in the PIL that the impugned action of fixation of fuel prices by Oil Manufacturing Companies (OMCs) is totally unlawful, unwarranted and there is no justification on the part of the Respondent Ministry to delegate such kind of powers to Public Sector Companies / OMCs to fix the daily price of petrol and diesel.