The move comes after a Supreme Court Bench on December 10 included the PIL in a list of cases in which the judges had to practice “judicial restraint” and not trespass into domain of the government.

Alarmed over the number of accidents involving Blueline buses, the High Court had taken up suo motu cognisance of the issue in a bid to push them out and evolve an alternative mode of public transport.

A Bench led by Justice Vikramjit Sen adjourned the hearing and said the matter would be taken up only after the apex court clarified “judicial restraint”.

“The Supreme Court judgement says the judiciary cannot frame laws, but can ensure compliance of existing laws.The High Court is not going to frame any law on the Blueline menace,” Amicus curaie Kailash Vasudev argued.