The Delhi High Court (HC) directed on Monday that no vehicle of any kind should be parked around the court on the Sher Shah Road in central Delhi. A bench of Justices Ravindra Bhat and Sanjeev Sachdeva directed that "the Delhi Traffic Police shall ensure that no vehicle of any kind, whatsoever, is parked on the Sher Shah Road, hereafter". The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by journalist Pankaj Yadav, who has sought a stay on the construction of a fountain on the ground that the money being used for that could be instead used to improve civic amenities in trial court complexes and to make them disabled-friendly. It was contended in the plea that on August 17, a hoax bomb call was made to the Delhi HC and the rescue vehicles could hardly enter the premises because of the cars parked there. "The police shall take all necessary steps to clear the cars that are parked, regardless of their owners (litigants, officials or lawyers). These directions shall be implemented immediately upon expiry of a week," the bench said in its order. The court further directed that the litigants and the lawyers should be made aware about the Underground Automated Parking. "Among the class of litigants, the officials who visit or attend the court should be made aware of the possibility of parking their vehicles in the Underground Automated Parking Lot," the court directed. The court also stated that all possible endeavours should be made by the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) to ensure that no vehicles are parked around the HC premises. "The HC establishment shall consider the feasibility of providing a technical solution for the problem of parking for automatic transmission vehicles," the bench stated. While passing these directions, the court also called for the status reports with respect to the traffic position in each of the district courts, to be filed by the principal judge in-charge of each court complex. A suggestion was also made by the Bar Association that open-stack parking of the kind used at the Rohini court may be considered, though in a limited manner. The court directed that the HC establishment shall consider the feasibility of adopting this for appropriate use. Unauthorised parking outside the HC has been a menace, especially due to security concerns.