A Larger Bench of the Rajasthan High Court has declined to answer a substantial question of law on the interpretation of the Rajasthan Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, referred to it more than two decades ago in a PIL over toll collection on a road project, holding that supervening events had rendered the controversy academic. The mere reference of a question, the Court held, does not compel its adjudication once the underlying lis has ceased to survive. The question was left open.
