India, Sept. 12 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court has lamented the situation in Shimla Town owing to the traffic situation and said it is losing its culture of "walking with umbrella and jacket" akin to Uttarakhand's Mussoorie while underscoring the need for restoration.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and Justice Ranjan Sharma was hearing a PIL when it recently directed the state home secretary and the superintendent of police Shimla to file a status report on vehicle passes issued for sealed roads besides elaborating on the criteria and categories of pass holders. The court said several vehicle passes have been issued for the sealed stretch from Shilli Chowk/Shimla Club till Chhotta Shimla, making it ...