India, Sept. 24 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday closed a petition challenging the ongoing strike by bus drivers engaged with the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), after the DTC submitted that 96% of its fleet was operational on roads amid the ongoing strike.

Taking note of the submission, the court closed the petition, saying that since the situation was improving, it did not intend to pass any direction.

"Since the situation is improving, we do not intend to pass any direction. We hope and expect that all measures shall be taken to ensure that the entire fleet of DTC buses in Delhi is on the road providing services to the commuters. We thus expect that the state shall review the situation and take appropriate action to...