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Save India Foundation (Regd.) v. National Highways Authority of India (Nhai) & Ors.

Delhi HC6 Nov 2025W.P.(C)/14347/2025

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What is this about?

Save India Foundation v NHAI; W.P.(C) 14347/2025; CM APPL. 58782/2025; CM APPL. 58783/2025; Delhi High Court PIL road repair disposal on counsel statements; MCD six NITs road repair, five issued, work order issued; NHAI stretch handed over by Delhi Government 01.11.2025; PWD storm water drainage construction; GNCTD, MCD, Delhi Police respondents; Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya CJ; Tushar Rao Gedela J.

What did the court decide?

No formal direction issued; the writ petition was disposed of in terms of the statements made by counsel for the MCD, the Delhi Government and the NHAI regarding repair of the two road stretches. ¶17

Save India Foundation (Regd.) Vs National Highways Authority of India (Nhai) & Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

No formal direction issued; the writ petition was disposed of in terms of the statements made by counsel for the MCD, the Delhi Government and the NHAI regarding repair of the two road stretches.

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Issue for consideration

Whether a direction should issue to the respondents to repair two stretches of roads in Delhi, one falling within the jurisdiction of the MCD and the other maintained by the NHAI, with certain works (storm water drainage) to be executed by the PWD.

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Court's answer

In view of the statements made by the learned counsel representing the MCD, the Delhi Government and the NHAI, the Court disposed of the writ petition in terms of those statements.

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Ratio / Principle

The pending applications also stand disposed of.

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Key takeaways

The Court noted, based on MCD counsel's instructions, that six NITs were to be notified for repair of the MCD stretch, five NITs had been issued, the sixth had received in-principle approval of the Competent Authority, and a work order had been issued in respect of one such NIT; accordingly, repair work on the MCD stretch has started.ratio¶16
The Court recorded the NHAI counsel's statement that the NHAI stretch was handed over by the Delhi Government on 01.11.2025, that adequate repair steps are being taken, that storm water drainage construction is to be done by the PWD, and that the PWD and NHAI are cooperating to repair the stretch as early as possible.ratio¶16

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Delhi High Court (Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, CJ and Tushar Rao Gedela, J), order dated 06.11.2025: A PIL (W.P.(C) 14347/2025) by Save India Foundation (Regd.) seeking a direction to repair two Delhi road stretches — one within MCD jurisdiction and the other maintained by NHAI, with certain works to be executed by PWD — was disposed of in terms of counsel's statements. MCD reported that of six NITs for repairing its stretch, five were issued, the sixth received in-principle approval of the Competent Authority, and a work order was issued for one, with repair work having started. NHAI reported that its stretch was handed over by the Delhi Government on 01.11.2025, that adequate repair steps were being taken, and that storm water drainage construction was to be done by the PWD, with PWD and NHAI working in cooperation. The writ petition and pending applications were disposed of accordingly.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 14347/2025, CM APPL. 58782/2025 & CM APPL. 58783/2025

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SAVE INDIA FOUNDATION (REGD.) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Piyush Kaushik, Mr. Siddharth Kaushik, Mr. M.K. Gaur, Mr. Neeraj Chauhan and Ms. Priyanka Kumari, Advocates.

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versus NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA (NHAI) & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Shivam Goel, Mr. Anil Kumar Goyal, Ms. Ramya S. Goel, Ms. Saniya Sharma and Ms. Parul Garg, Advocates for R-1/NHAI. Ms. Harshita Nathrani, learned Counsel for Mr. Sameer Vashisht, Standing Counsel, (Civil) for GNCTD alongwith Mr. Rakesh Sharma, AE, PWD, WR-2 Mr. Manu Chaturvedi, Standing Counsel for MCD. Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj, CGSC with Mr. Kushagra Kumar and Mr. Amit Kumar Rana, Advocates for Delhi Police.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA

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O R D E R

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% 06.11.2025

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This Public Interest Litigation petition has been filed seeking a direction from the Court to the respondents to repair two stretches of roads. We have been informed that one stretch of road falls within the jurisdiction of Municipal Cooperation of Delhi (hereinafter referred to as ‘MCD’) and the other stretch of road is being maintained by the National Highway Authority of India (hereinafter referred to as ‘NHAI’) and certain work is to be executed by Public

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/11/2025 at 16:18:19

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Works Department (hereinafter referred to as ‘PWD’).

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The instructions received by the learned counsel for MCD is taken on record.

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Learned counsel appearing for the MCD on instructions, has stated that six Notice Issuing Tender (hereinafter referred to as ‘NIT’) are to be notified for repair of the stretch of the road which falls within the jurisdiction of the MCD out of which, five NITs have been issued and so far as sixth NIT is concerned, in principle approval has been granted by the Competent Authority of MCD. He has also stated on instructions that in respect of one such NIT, work order has also been issued.

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Accordingly, we note that the repair work has started, so far as the stretch of the road in question, which is in the jurisdiction of the MCD, is concerned. 5. Learned counsel for the NHAI, on instructions, has stated that the stretch of the road lying in its jurisdiction was handed over by the Delhi Government on 01.11.2025 and adequate steps are being taken to repair the same. He further states that however, some work relating to construction of storm water drainage is to be done by the PWD. He has further stated that the PWD and the NHAI are working in cooperation with each other and adequate steps shall be taken to repair this stretch of road as well, as early as possible.

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In view of the aforesaid, the writ petition stands disposed of in terms of the statement made by the learned counsel representing the MCD, the Delhi Government and the NHAI.

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Pending applications also stand disposed of.

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DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, CJ

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TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J

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NOVEMBER 6, 2025/ Sumit

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 10/11/2025 at 16:18:19

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