India, Jan. 8 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the response of the Delhi Government and the traffic police on a public interest litigation seeking to regulate the plying of e-rickshaws in the national Capital.

A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia was hearing the PIL filed by Manish Parashar, who lost his 8-year-old daughter in an accident last year while she was going to her school on an e-rickshaw.

The court issued notice to the city Government, its transport department, traffic police and MCD, and asked the authorities to State the measures adopted by them.

Raising concerns of public safety, the petitioner's counsel said the minor girl was crushed to death after the speeding e-rickshaw, which was u...