Motor Vehicles Act

Following the tragic accident of Cyrus Mistry recently, the government has brought in regulation to fine rear seat passengers who do not wear seat belts

In a move to ease matters, the government will issue driving licenses without driving tests. Instead, dedicated training centres will conduct these tests

Himachal Pradesh High Court observed this while dismissing two bail petitions from the case under Section 21 & 29 of Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Sections 181, 192 and 196 of Motor Vehicles Act, has been registered at Police Station, Sunni, District Shimla, H.P. dated 10.3.2022.

A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Ankit Das and others rejected the bail of the accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case.

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The Kerala High Court has directed the state police and the Enforcement officials to take strict action against all those people, who flout the guidelines of Road Safety Policy, especially by overloading their vehicles or using a government nameplate without authorisation.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a petitioner against the overloading of vehicles, especially trucks, that are supplying material to thermal power plants.  

A Supreme Court bench of Justices L. Nageshwar Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna  dismissed a plea filed by Bajaj Auto against AAP government's  decision to issue over 4,200 permits to electric auto rickshaws citing how locals in Delhi are adversely affected by air pollution.

Supreme Court division bench while hearing a Civil Appeal filed by Rasmita Biswal & others has directed for the establishment of Motor Vehicles Appellate Tribunals for disposal of cases related to payment of compensation to the victims of road accidents. 

The petition was filed in the Delhi High Court by Utkarsh Trivedi, a fourth-year student of National Law University, Odisha, through his advocate Satyam Singh Rajput.