New Delhi: The Supreme Court has lauded India’s remarkable strides in road transport infrastructure, observing that the country has undergone a "significant transformation" in its travel and transport landscape.

A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih, while delivering judgment in a batch of appeals concerning inter-state transport permits between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, commended the "quantum leap" in India’s road infrastructure.

"Leaving behind the humble beginnings, focus on infrastructure development has seen a quantum leap. India has developed, in this century, an intricate network of highways providing accessibility to nearby cities and towns from the remotest of villages, thereby establishing 'last-mile connectivity'," the Justice Datta-headed bench

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