Next Steps: From Road Safety Law to Saving Lives on Roads
5 years, 4 months ago

Next Steps: From Road Safety Law to Saving Lives on Roads

The Quint  

India recently celebrated its 73rd Independence Day. But our basic freedoms like walking, using a bicycle or taking our children out to the park are curbed by the menace of road crashes. Not just that, nearly one million people each year lose their right to live with dignity after suffering life-long injuries in road crashes and losing their livelihoods. Systemic changes such as streamlining and digitisation of the licensing system, enabling of electronic enforcement to deal with corruption and capacity constraints, protection of Good Samaritans, children and more finally stands addressed. The law also aims to increase accountability of vehicle manufacturers, road engineers, enforcement officials and other key players in the realm of road infrastructure and its management.

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Right For A Safe Road To Every Citizen Is A Facet Of Articles 19(1)(d) And 21 of the Constitution: Kerala High Court
3 years, 8 months ago

Right For A Safe Road To Every Citizen Is A Facet Of Articles 19(1)(d) And 21 of the Constitution: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently closed a batch of public interest litigation petitions that sought for directions to the State and Central Governments to take steps to stem the rise in road accidents in the State. In addition, the judgment urges that - - adequate steps be taken by the Road Safety Authority and other bodies constituted under the Road …

Motor Vehicles Act: Tamil Nadu may need to shift gears
5 years, 4 months ago

Motor Vehicles Act: Tamil Nadu may need to shift gears

Deccan Chronicle  

Stiffer penalties are yet to be imposed on erring motorists in Tamil Nadu as the state government is yet to notify the rules to implement the Motor Vehicles Act, 2019. With the President giving his nod, minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari said 63 clauses of amended Motor Vehicles Act, which include hefty penalties for traffic violation, would …

What is Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019?
5 years, 4 months ago

What is Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019?

India Today  

The Motor Vehicles Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha on July 15, 2019 by the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Mr. Nitin Gadkari. Here’s what al amendments have been done in the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988: Compensation for road accident victims: The central government will develop a scheme for cashless treatment of road accident victims during golden hour. …

Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Act, 2019 Comes Into Force From Today
5 years, 4 months ago

Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Act, 2019 Comes Into Force From Today

ABP News  

The Motor Vehicles Act, 2019, will come into force from today. The new Act has brought about a considerable increase in the penalties prescribed in the old Act, informed Additional Director General of Police RK Vij here on Saturday. Dealing about the provisions of the Act, he said that for over speeding light vehicles will be fined between Rs 1,000 …

How Motor Vehicles Act will impact drivers from September 1
5 years, 4 months ago

How Motor Vehicles Act will impact drivers from September 1

Live Mint  

Come Sunday, violating traffic rules and getting away with it will not be easy. Stiffer penalties will affect almost every life — be it not wearing seatbelt, or making guardians responsible for a juvenile driving a vehicle, or increasing penalties manifold for offences such as drunk and dangerous driving, over-speeding, even driving without insurance, and overloading vehicles with goods or …

Beware traffic violators! Hefty fines await from September 1
5 years, 4 months ago

Beware traffic violators! Hefty fines await from September 1

India Today  

Come September 1 and you will have to pay hefty fines for violating traffic regulations. The provisions of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019 that will be applicable from the beginning of the next month have been notified by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and include heavy monetary penalties for not abiding by the traffic rules. As many …

President approves Motor Vehicles Amendment Act
5 years, 4 months ago

President approves Motor Vehicles Amendment Act

Live Mint  

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday gave assent to the Motor Vehicles Act, 2019, that aims to make Indian roads safer, reduce corruption and use technology to overhaul the country's transportation system. The Motor Vehicles Bill, 2019, that introduces several amendments in the 30-year-old law, was passed by the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha earlier this month. "Higher penalties will …

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