The court had on 29 August directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to provide separate lanes at toll plazas for VIPs, including sitting judges, across the country. “It is disheartening to note that the vehicles of VIPs and sitting judges are stopped at toll plazas... It is very unfortunate that sitting judges are also compelled to wait in the toll plaza for 10 to 15 minutes," said the high court in the interim order passed by a bench comprising justices Huluvadi G. Ramesh and M.V. Muralidharan last week.