New Delhi, April 28 -- The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) told the Supreme Court on Monday that the scheme related to cashless treatment of road accident victims during the golden-hour (immediately after the accident has occurred) will be notified and brought into effect within a week's time.

The Secretary of MoRTH appeared before a bench of Justices Abhay S Okay and AG Masih and undertook that the said provisions regarding the scheme, which was brought in by the government authority in April, 2022, will now be notified and implemented.

During the hearing, the bench expressed dismay over the "more than two-year delay" in implementing the said scheme by the concerned Ministry.

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