Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks Data On Challans Issued To Females Riding Two-Wheeler Without Helmet Including Sikh Women Not Wearing Turban
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Punjab & Haryana HC Seeks Data On Challans Issued To Females Riding Two-Wheeler Without Helmet Including Sikh Women Not Wearing Turban

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought data from Governments of Punjab, Haryana and U.T., Chandigarh about the number of challans issued to females driving or pillion-riding two-wheeler vehicles without head-gear.The development came while hearing a suo moto plea initiated in 2017 on increasing road fatalities involving two-wheeler women riders without helmet, especially Sikh women. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought data from Governments of Punjab, Haryana and U.T., Chandigarh about the number of challans issued to females driving or pillion-riding two-wheeler vehicles without head-gear. The development came while hearing a suo moto plea initiated in 2017 on increasing road fatalities involving two-wheeler women riders without helmet, especially Sikh women not wearing turban. In 2017, a High Court's Law Researcher Anil Saini sent a note to the Court raising concerns about safety of Sikh women without turban, not wearing helmet.

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Fatal choices that make commute in Delhi risky
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Fatal choices that make commute in Delhi risky

Hindustan Times  

Tarun Kumar wanted to save time. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} “The traffic police’s enforcement is very strict, besides the awareness drives held by its road safety education cell. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit collaborated with Central Road Research Institute to conduct a biannual roadside observations and monitor compliance for important road safety risk factors …

Fatal choices that make commute in Delhi risky
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Fatal choices that make commute in Delhi risky

Hindustan Times  

Tarun Kumar wanted to save time. The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit collaborated with Central Road Research Institute to conduct a biannual roadside observations and monitor compliance for important road safety risk factors in Delhi in 2022 and found that clasped helmet use was very low in Delhi. Another bane: Cellphones The ever-growing trend of people using cellphones while …

Illness No Ground To Seek Exemption From Wearing Helmet While Riding Two Wheelers : Kerala High Court
1 year, 6 months ago

Illness No Ground To Seek Exemption From Wearing Helmet While Riding Two Wheelers : Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court has held that illness is no ground to seek exemption from wearing helmets while reading two wheelers. The bench of Justice PV Kunhikrishnan held : “I am of the considered opinion that, there cannot be any exemption to a citizen from wearing helmet while driving or riding a two wheeler. Wearing of helmet while riding a …

Madhya Pradesh Govt To Revoke Rule Exempting Women From Wearing Helmets, AG Tells HC [Read Order]
4 years, 10 months ago

Madhya Pradesh Govt To Revoke Rule Exempting Women From Wearing Helmets, AG Tells HC [Read Order]

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The State government of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday told a division bench of the high court that "an in-principle decision" has been taken for making helmets compulsory for women in the State. The division bench comprised by Chief Justice AK Mittal and Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla was hearing a plea filed by Himanshu Dixit, a student of NLIU Bhopal, concerned …

Helmet exemption to Sikh women: Chandigarh turns to Centre for clarity
5 years, 4 months ago

Helmet exemption to Sikh women: Chandigarh turns to Centre for clarity

Hindustan Times  

In view of amendments in the Motor Vehicles Act, the UT administration will be seeking clarification from the central government regarding exemption to Sikh women from wearing helmets while riding two-wheelers. HT Image Under a 2018 notification of the UT administration, Sikh women were exempted from wearing helmets, even if they didn’t wear a turban. Punjab and Haryana high court …

Most challans for dangerous driving after amended Motor Vehicle Act
5 years, 4 months ago

Most challans for dangerous driving after amended Motor Vehicle Act

India TV News  

Dangerous driving, driving without seat belt, and riding without helmet were among the most number of challans which the Delhi Traffic Police prosecuted after the implementation of the amended Motor Vehicle Bill, 2019. Narender Singh Bundela, Joint Commissioner of Police, Delhi Traffic Police said "On September 1 which was the first day of the implementation 45 challans were issued for …

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