the petition said the uniforms restricted their individuality and selfexpression as well as amounted to an additional expense which forces a driver to cut corners on keeping himself hygienic and thus posed a health risk to passengersnew delhi the delhi high court thursday sought response from the centre and delhi government on a petition challenging mandatory uniforms for auto rickshaw and taxi drivers a bench of chief justice dn patel and justice jyoti singh also issued notice to delhi police on the petition which said that heavy challans of upto rs 20000 were being imposed on drivers in the national capital for not wearing uniforms even though the law on the subject was vague and ambiguous advt the petition moved by chalak shakti a drivers union an auto rickshaw driver and a taxi driver alleged that labelling drivers by way of uniform violated fundamental rights guaranteed under articles 14 191g and 21 of the constitution the petition said the uniforms restricted their individuality and selfexpression as well as amounted to an additional expense which forces a driver to cut corners on keeping himself hygienic and thus posed a health risk to passengers it was further argued that there is complete ambiguity on the colour of uniform to be worn by auto drivers on duty as rule 7 of delhi motor vehicles rules 1993 prescribes khaki and the permit conditions by state authorities mandate grey there is complete disharmony between the nct and transport department auto drivers are being heavily challaned advocate paras jain appearing for the union and the drivers told the court which listed the next date for hearing on august 20 in the petition filed through advocate mohini dubey it is stated that there are dozens of prominent shades of both khaki and grey and since no particular shade had been stipulated the enforcement authorities enjoyed a huge discretion on whom they wanted to prosecute the petition also stated that the uniform itself has not been defined so as to mean pantshirt safari suit or kurtapajama and that even specifications of fabrics trims and accessories are also absent advt the pain and damage inflicted by the vagueness and ambiguity in respect of the uniform is immense and that most of the wellknown metropolitan cities such as london new york hong kong sydney dubai did not prescribe any uniform for taxi drivers the plea saidtn auto drivers quitting profession over rising fuel prices postcovid issuestrade union leaders and activists are of the opinion that a large number of autorickshaw drivers in the southern state have quit and are selling their autos at low pricessee more details pti published on jul 23 2021 at 0347 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against