The Gujarat High Court on July 10 said local authorities can prohibit owners of malls and multiplexes from collecting parking fee, under the provisions of the Comprehensive General Development Control Regulation 2017 (GDCR).
A bench of Chief Justice Anant S Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav said this in its order on an appeal filed by Ruchi Malls Pvt Ltd, challenging the order of a single-judge bench barring commercial complexes from collecting fee for parking vehicles for the first hour.
The division bench also held that the single-judge bench's order directing the state government to frame a policy to regulate parking was not permissible in exercise of powers under Article 226 of the Constitution.