SC bans easy bikes from highways to prevent accidents

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a ban on the plying of electric three wheelers, known as easy bikes, on the country’s highways to prevent road accidents.

A three-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order after hearing a petition that was presented by Barrister Tania Ameer and Advocate Maniruzzaman Asad.

The ruling upheld a December 15 order of the High Court to impose a similar ban on the risky accident-prone vehicles in response to a petition filed by Bagh Eco Motors President Kazi Jashimul Islam.

Challenging the HC order, leaders of Bangladesh Electric Three-Wheeler Manufacturing and Merchant Association filed a petition before the Appellate Division.

The association has now lost the case.