Housing societies will need norms for EV charging, says Bombay HC, set to hear matter further – EQ Mag
A public curiosity litigation (PIL) filed within the Bombay High Court has sought a court docket directive to the Registrar of Cooperative Housing Societies to difficulty pointers for the set up of digital car (EV) charging stations inside co-operative housing societies.
The division bench of Justices SV Gangapurwala and SG Dige, whereas issuing a discover to all respondents, posted the matter for further listening to on January 6, 2023. “The present public interest litigation is necessitated owing to the regulatory and legislative vacuum of there being no guidelines regarding the installation of EV charging stations within co-operative housing societies,” stated the PIL filed by Amit Dholakia and Sohel Kapadia. “Given the immense environmental and financial advantages of EVs, the state government’s own policy prescriptions, and the central government’s policy prescriptions, it is incumbent upon the state government and the Registrar to exercise the power under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies (MCS) Act to ensure that the petitioners and other similar placed individuals are permitted to install charging infrastructure at their garages in the co-operative housing societies,” argued the petition.
The petition contents that the charging time for EVs is between 3 hours and 30 hours and therefore it turns into crucial for the proprietor of such automobiles to have entry to charging infrastructure at their residence the place they will cost their electrical automobiles in a single day or throughout weekends.
The PIL has named the state authorities via the ministry of cooperatives, Registrar of Cooperative Housing Societies, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and Brihanmumbai BEST as respondents within the case.
Source: PTI
