The HC in its December 6, 2017, order had directed the Delhi Government to make necessary amendments to the agreements entered into with private parties running private stage carriages in the NCR. The payment was directed to be made within four weeks from the date of the order. The court was hearing contempt proceedings for wilful disobedience of the HC’s orders.

Justice Rekha Palli in its April 21 order said, “I am of the considered view that the directions to the respondents were to calculate the amount payable to the concessionaires of the different clusters by taking into account the factual matrix of each cluster separately and it is only for this purpose that the Division Bench had directed the petitioners to furnish their calculations to them”. The court listed the matter for arguments on sentence on July 14 and directed the officials to remain present before the court on the said date.