The Supreme Court has refused to put a ceiling on the number of cycle rickshaws plying in the national capital. A bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi yesterday dismissed the plea of the civic body MCD, seeking its direction not to allow more than 99,000 rickshaws to ply on the roads. The bench upheld the Delhi High Court's order which had said that no ceiling can be fixed as the fundamental right of rickshaw-pullers to earn their livelihood cannot be violated.

The court passed the order on an appeal filed by the MCD challenging the high court's order quashing the civi body's decision of not allowing more than 99,000 rickshaws to operate in New Delhi.