New traffic rules: Drunk auto driver fined ₹47,500 under Motor Vehicles Act
5 years, 4 months ago

New traffic rules: Drunk auto driver fined ₹47,500 under Motor Vehicles Act

Live Mint  

After the new traffic rules came into effect from September 1 under the Motor Vehicles Act, several cases of autorickshaw drivers paying hefty fines are being reported from different parts of India. In Gurgaon, an auto driver was handed over a challan of ₹32,500 after he was found to have jumped red light signal and in Bhubaneswar a drunk autorickshaw driver was fined ₹47,500. He was found to be allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and also not carrying driving license, registration certificate, permit, pollution certificate and insurance among others. The challan shows the penalty of ₹47,500 included ₹5,000 for having an invalid driving license, ₹10,000 for drunken driving, ₹10,000 for violating air/noise pollution, ₹10,000 for violating permit conditions and ₹5,000 in other references.

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Traffic violations: Mumbai police collects ₹89 lakh in fines during New Year Celebration
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1 week ago

Traffic violations: Mumbai police collects ₹89 lakh in fines during New Year Celebration

Live Mint  

Mumbai traffic police on New Year's Eve collected a staggering ₹89 lakh from issuing challans as they kept a close watch on people breaking rules on the roads amid the New Year celebrations, reported the news portal NDTV on January 1. The police also mentioned that speed limit violations in the city attracted 842 challans and driving without a seatbelt …

Mumbai police collects nearly ₹89 lakh in fines on New Year celebrations
1 week ago

Mumbai police collects nearly ₹89 lakh in fines on New Year celebrations

The Hindu  

Mumbai traffic police collected ₹89,19,750 in penalty for traffic offences commited during new year celebrations, and took action against 17,800 “unruly drivers” on violation of traffic rules. “In celebration of bidding farewell to the year 2024 and welcoming the New Year 2025, citizens of Mumbai celebrate at prominent locations such as Gateway of India, Marine Drive, Bandstand, and Juhu Chowpatty, …

Auto driver arrested for extorting ₹3,500 from US student
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Auto driver arrested for extorting ₹3,500 from US student

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Sahar police on Saturday arrested an autorickshaw driver for allegedly extorting ₹3,500 from a 19-year-old student, who had arrived from the United States of America, when the meter showed ₹106 as fare for the trip. The student, Vishwajeet Patil, who is originally from Sangli, arrived at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on December 14 and took an …

Traffic police in Delhi slaps fines totalling ₹1 crore for violations after GRAP-3 invoked
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Traffic police in Delhi slaps fines totalling ₹1 crore for violations after GRAP-3 invoked

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Delhi Traffic Police has issued around 550 challans, imposing a total fine of over ₹one crore, to BS III petrol and BS IV diesel vehicles on Friday on the first day of the ban on these vehicles under the Graded Response Action Plan III in the national capital, officials said. Traffic police in Delhi slaps fines totalling ₹ …

Ludhiana: Cops asked to ensure suspension of licence for drunk driving
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ludhiana: Cops asked to ensure suspension of licence for drunk driving

Hindustan Times  

After the additional director general of police asked all district units to act tough against drunk drivers and those who use mobiles while driving, the police launched a drive to challan the violators. According to orders issued by ADGP traffic AS Rai to all police commissioners and senior superintendents of police, police were not suspending licences of offenders despite multiple …

Puja to face action for 21 traffic violations
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Puja to face action for 21 traffic violations

Hindustan Times  

Pune: The traffic police on Thursday visited the probationary Indian Administrative Service officer Puja Khedkar’s residence of bungalow number 112 on Baner Road and issued a notice regarding misuse of beacon and government insignia on her private vehicle. According to traffic police, there are 21 challans for various traffic offences amounting to a fine of ₹ 26,000 to be recovered …

Unpaid fines piling up as traffic violators in Lucknow evade challans
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Unpaid fines piling up as traffic violators in Lucknow evade challans

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The City of Nawabs, rich in history, has created another history of sorts - traffic violators haven’t paid up ₹127.40 crore in fines for 5,54,065 challans over the last one year. The data showed that the highest one-month fine amount stood at ₹ 15.7 crore from 81,246 challans in December 2023. A detailed study of the said data revealed …

Strengthen laws to deter drink driving
8 months ago

Strengthen laws to deter drink driving

Hindustan Times  

The high prevalence of drunk driving on the national Capital’s roads points to the failure of punitive provisions. Official data shows a sharp spike in drunk driving fines this year up to March 31, compared with the corresponding period last year. As per a 2023 report by IIT-Delhi researchers, official data pegs driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs …

Bengaluru man pays traffic fine of ₹49,100, cops post a pic with him
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengaluru man pays traffic fine of ₹49,100, cops post a pic with him

Hindustan Times  

In a crackdown of traffic fine defaulters, Bengaluru police caught a man with pending fines of ₹49,100. Bengaluru man pays pending traffic fine of ₹ 49,100, cops post a pic with him In an announcement, the Deputy Commissioner of Police for traffic said, “For Traffic Violations, Today we collected 49,100/- rs fine full amount from the owner of the KA50-S-3579 …

Bengaluru police crack down on vehicles with pending fines, warn violators of clearing dues
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Bengaluru police crack down on vehicles with pending fines, warn violators of clearing dues

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru traffic police conducted a special drive to identify vehicles violating traffic rules and refraining from paying fines. Bengaluru police crack down on vehicles with pending fines, warns violators A total of 10,210 violations were recorded, attracting fines worth ₹ ₹1.07 crore. In an X post, Bengaluru police wrote, “Crackdown Alert: Traffic South Division's recent operation led to the seizure …

Motorist with ₹3.2 lakh fine issued warning
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Motorist with ₹3.2 lakh fine issued warning

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: At least 2,681 vehicles in Bengaluru have over ₹ 50,000 pending fines for traffic violations The traffic police on Monday tracked down a Sudhama Nagar resident after discovering a staggering fine of ₹3.2 lakh on his two-wheeler. When the vehicle owner claimed his inability to pay the exorbitant ₹3.2 lakh fine, citing the vehicle’s market value at ₹30,000, the …

Traffic cops collect ₹1.18 crore fine, register 404 FIRs against wrong-side drivers in 20 days
1 year, 8 months ago

Traffic cops collect ₹1.18 crore fine, register 404 FIRs against wrong-side drivers in 20 days

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: As part of their special drive to crack down on wrong-side drivers across the city, the Mumbai traffic police collected a fine of ₹1.18 crore from the offenders and issued challans to 34,677 motorists for violations. “A week ago, a two-wheeler rider was hit by a heavy vehicle travelling on the wrong side at Kandivali East causing the biker’s …

Over 12,500 driving licences suspended in this state for helmetless riding
2 years, 4 months ago

Over 12,500 driving licences suspended in this state for helmetless riding

Hindustan Times  

More than 12,500 driving licences have been suspended in Odisha during the state transport authority's two-week special drive against helmetless riders on the highways of the state. Additional transport commissioner Lalmohan Sethi said on Friday that the main aim of the STA’s special drive was to create a sense of responsibility among people for prevention of road accidents and fatalities. …

Some Common Misconceptions Regarding Traffic Rules In India
2 years, 11 months ago

Some Common Misconceptions Regarding Traffic Rules In India

Live Law  

The Motor Vehicles Act is a legislation of the Parliament of India which lays down rules vis-a-vis all aspects of road transport vehicles and traffic laws. Owing to prolixity of the Motor Vehicles Act common masses usually can't read the Act in entirety and this it has resulted into some myths and misconceptions about the traffic rules. In the paragraphs …

Odisha Truck Driver Fined Rs 1000 For Not Wearing a Helmet While Driving His Vehicle
3 years, 9 months ago

Odisha Truck Driver Fined Rs 1000 For Not Wearing a Helmet While Driving His Vehicle

News 18  

In a bizarre incident exposing the negligence by the local Regional Transport Office functioning, a truck driver hailing from Odisha’s Ganjam district has been fined Rs 1,000 for not wearing a helmet while driving his truck. Pramod Kumar Swain from Odisha’s Ganjam, who had visited the Regional Transport Office in the area to renew the driving permit for his vehicle …

Biker In Odisha Fined Whopping Rs 1,13,000 For Violating Motor Vehicle Act
3 years, 11 months ago

Biker In Odisha Fined Whopping Rs 1,13,000 For Violating Motor Vehicle Act

News 18  

A man was punished with an incredibly huge fine of Rs 1,13,000 by the RTO in Odisha’s Rayagada district, for allegedly violating the various rules of the new Motor Vehicle Act. The penalty is believed to be the largest amount that has been levied on a two-wheeler vehicle under the amended Motor Vehicle Act 2019 in Odisha. He was selling …

States cannot lower fines below prescribed limits under Motor Vehicles Act: Centre
5 years ago

States cannot lower fines below prescribed limits under Motor Vehicles Act: Centre

Live Mint  

No state can lower traffic penalties below the level prescribed under the new Motor Vehicles Act, the central government said on Monday. In an advisory to states, the road, transport and highways ministry said the Motor Vehicles Act, 2019 is a parliamentary legislation and the state governments cannot pass any law or take executive action to lower penalty below the …

Noida Traffic Police recovers ₹ 14.76 crore in challan in 2019; almost 2K people fined daily
5 years ago

Noida Traffic Police recovers ₹ 14.76 crore in challan in 2019; almost 2K people fined daily

India TV News  

Almost 2,000 people were fined for traffic violations in Noida every day in 2019 and Rs 14.76 crore was recovered from them in penalties, leading to a whopping 532 per cent increase in revenue collection compared to 2018, according to official data. Altogether 6,99,708 vehicle owners were issued challans from January till December last year for violating road traffic rules …

153 challaned in Chandigarh for drunken driving on New Year’s Eve
5 years ago

153 challaned in Chandigarh for drunken driving on New Year’s Eve

Hindustan Times  

Traffic police challaned 153 people for drunken driving on New Year’s Eve. Twenty special nakas were set up across the city to check drunken driving besides 41 nakas on internal roads of the sectors and 12 around commercial centres. With penalties being hiked, especially for drunken driving, under the Motor Vehicles Act, many revellers opted for cabs or went for …

778 fined for drunk driving, 1100 for traffic rules violation
5 years ago

778 fined for drunk driving, 1100 for traffic rules violation

India TV News  

As many as 778 people were fined for drunk driving, while 1,100 were booked for various other traffic rules violations in Mumbai during the New Year celebrations, police said on Wednesday. The police conducted random checks on 5,338 people in the country's commercial capital from Tuesday late night till 6 am on Wednesday, a senior police official said. "During checking, …

426 drunk drivers held in 10 days in Odisha
5 years, 3 months ago

426 drunk drivers held in 10 days in Odisha

India TV News  

The Odisha police have arrested 426 people under the influence of alcohol since September 6 under the amended Motor Vehicle Act. "So far, 426 drunk drivers have been arrested since September 6 in Odisha. The police launched a special drive to detect the drunken driving on the national and state highways as per the provisions of the Section 185/202 of …

Truck operator fined ₹6.5 lakh in Odisha
5 years, 3 months ago

Truck operator fined ₹6.5 lakh in Odisha

The Hindu  

The transport authority in Odisha has slapped a penalty to the tune of ₹6,53,100 on a truck operator in Sambalpur district, which is being dubbed as the single-highest imposition in the State so far. The amount would have been much higher had the truck operator been penalised as per the amended Motor Vehicles Act. Mr. Behera said the truck operator …

Delhi truck driver, owner slapped with penalty of over Rs 2 lakh in National Capital for violations under Motor Vehicles Act
5 years, 3 months ago

Delhi truck driver, owner slapped with penalty of over Rs 2 lakh in National Capital for violations under Motor Vehicles Act

Firstpost  

The driver and the owner of a truck were slapped a total fine of over Rs 2 lakh in Delhi, for various offences under the tweaked Motor Vehicles Act. New Delhi: The driver and the owner of a truck were slapped a total fine of over Rs 2 lakh in the national capital, perhaps the highest in the country so …

New traffic challan: Truck slapped penalty of over Rs 2 lakh for MV Act violations in Delhi
5 years, 3 months ago

New traffic challan: Truck slapped penalty of over Rs 2 lakh for MV Act violations in Delhi

India TV News  

The driver and the owner of a truck were slapped a total fine of over Rs 2 lakh in the national capital, perhaps the highest in the country so far, for various offences under the tweaked Motor Vehicles Act, including overloading and driving without a proper licence, a Delhi Transport Department official said on Thursday. The truck, having a Haryana …

Forgot driving licence at home? We will tell you how to avoid paying hefty monetary penalty
5 years, 3 months ago

Forgot driving licence at home? We will tell you how to avoid paying hefty monetary penalty

India Today  

There has been a lot of hue and cry over the hefty monetary fines being slapped on the traffic violators following the implementation of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019 from September 1. A major excuse given by the motorists for not carrying relevant documents, including the driving licence and the vehicle registration certificate, is that they simply 'forgot' them. …

Truck driver in Odisha fined Rs 86,500; becomes biggest violator under new Motor Vehicles Act in the country
5 years, 4 months ago

Truck driver in Odisha fined Rs 86,500; becomes biggest violator under new Motor Vehicles Act in the country

Firstpost  

A truck driver in Odisha’s Sambalpur district, who was issued a challan of Rs 86,500 by the Regional Transport Office, has become the biggest violator under the amended Motor Vehicles Act in the country so far. The truck driver identified as Ashok Jadav was fined on 3 September, but the picture of the challan reportedly started to trend on the …

100 days of NDA govt: Amended Motor Vehicles law to bring discipline on roads
5 years, 4 months ago

100 days of NDA govt: Amended Motor Vehicles law to bring discipline on roads

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The recently amended Motor Vehicles Act will reduce the number of deaths due to road accidents, and will along bring discipline and accountability on Indian roads, minister of environment and information and broadcasting Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday. The Motor Vehicles Act, 2019 that got the President’s assent on 9 August, seeks to revamp transportation rules and improve …

Motor Vehicles Act: Trolley driver fined ₹59,000 for drunk driving in Gurugram
5 years, 4 months ago

Motor Vehicles Act: Trolley driver fined ₹59,000 for drunk driving in Gurugram

Live Mint  

Gurugram: Gurugram traffic police have penalised a trolley driver with a challan of ₹59,000 for driving under the influence of alcohol. "Gurugram Traffic Police is working under the provisions of Motor Vehicles Act, 2019, under which challans are being issued," said Assistant Commissioner of Police, Crime Shamsher Singh. On Tuesday, the Gurugram traffic police issued a challan of ₹23,000 to …

Odisha auto-rickshaw driver fined ₹47,500 under new MV act
5 years, 4 months ago

Odisha auto-rickshaw driver fined ₹47,500 under new MV act

Hindustan Times  

A day after a motorcyclist in Gurugram was fined ₹23,000 for violations under the new Motor Vehicle Act, transport department officials in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday imposed a hefty penalty of ₹47,500 on an auto-rickshaw driver for a slew of violations. A Officials of Regional Transport Office of Bhubaneswar imposed a whopping ₹47,500 penalty on Haribandhu Kanhar, the auto-rickshaw driver, after …

Motor Vehicles Act 2019: Netizens go on overdrive in response to new traffic rules
5 years, 4 months ago

Motor Vehicles Act 2019: Netizens go on overdrive in response to new traffic rules

India TV News  

The Motor Vehicles Act 2019 -- with revised fine rates -- came into existence with effect from Sunday. While people not wearing helmets or seat-belts will be fined Rs 1,000, which was Rs 100 earlier, those driving without a licence can be fined Rs 5,000 or asked to face three-month jail term. To this end, just a day after the …

Auto-rickshaw driver challaned Rs 47,000 under new traffic rules
5 years, 4 months ago

Auto-rickshaw driver challaned Rs 47,000 under new traffic rules

India TV News  

Ever since the traffic rules have been introduced in India under the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019, it has been digging deeper holes in the pockets of those found guilty of violations. In a recent case, an auto-rickshaw driver in Odisha's Bhubaneswar was fined a whopping Rs 47,500 for violating a slew of traffic rules under the Motor Vehicles Amendment …

Odisha auto-rickshaw driver fined Rs 47,500 under MV Act
5 years, 4 months ago

Odisha auto-rickshaw driver fined Rs 47,500 under MV Act

The Quint  

Bhubaneswar, Sep 4 An auto-rickshaw driver in Bhubaneswar was, on Wednesday, fined a whopping Rs 47,500 for violating a slew of traffic rules under the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019. The commissionerate police fined driver Haribandhu Kanhar for a slew of violations including drunken driving, driving without a registration certificate, permit, pollution certificate and insurance among others. The traffic police …

New traffic rules: Gurgaon autorickshaw driver fined ₹32,500 after jumping red light signal
5 years, 4 months ago

New traffic rules: Gurgaon autorickshaw driver fined ₹32,500 after jumping red light signal

Live Mint  

The Gurugram traffic police here on Tuesday issued ₹32,500 and ₹23,000 traffic tickets to an auto-rickshaw driver and a two-wheeler rider, respectively, for multiple violations, an official said. Dinesh Madan, a resident of Geeta Colony in East Delhi, was caught by cops outside the district court driving scooty without helmet. "Hence, the cops fined ₹5,000 for RC, ₹5,000 for driving …

Rs 32,000 challan shocker for auto-rickshaw driver for jumping light, not having papers
5 years, 4 months ago

Rs 32,000 challan shocker for auto-rickshaw driver for jumping light, not having papers

Hindustan Times  

On the day a two-wheeler rider was fined Rs 23,000 for not wearing a helmet and travelling without relevant papers, the Gurugram traffic police also issued a challan of Rs 32,500 to an auto-rickshaw driver on Tuesday after the Motor Vehicles Act, which steeply raised penalties for traffic violations, came into force two days ago. According to his challan, he …

New traffic rules set in: Delhi Scooty rider challaned Rs 23,000 for violations
5 years, 4 months ago

New traffic rules set in: Delhi Scooty rider challaned Rs 23,000 for violations

India TV News  

Breaking the traffic rules can now be extreemely hard on your pocket. A citizen of Geeta Colony, Delhi got challaned for Rs 23,000 for traffic rule violations in Gurugram. Dinesh Madan who was riding the scooty, in his defence said that he was trying to arrange the car's documents from home when the policeman cut the challan. Here is the …

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 …

3,900 challans issued in Delhi on first day of new Motor Vehicles Act
5 years, 4 months ago

3,900 challans issued in Delhi on first day of new Motor Vehicles Act

India TV News  

Delhi Police issued 3,900 challans to traffic rule violators after the amended motor vehicles act came into effect on Sunday, officials said. Parliament in July passed the Motor Vehicles Bill, 2019, which seeks to tighten road traffic regulations such as the issuance of driving licence and imposed stricter penalties for violations in an attempt to improve road safety. The Delhi …

Motor Vehicles Bill 2019: Full list of fines you’ll be paying for traffic violations
5 years, 5 months ago

Motor Vehicles Bill 2019: Full list of fines you’ll be paying for traffic violations

Live Mint  

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to tighten road traffic regulations such as issuance of driving licence and imposed stricter penalties for violations in an attempt to improve road safety. The Upper House passed the Motor Vehicles Bill, 2019 with 108 votes in favour and 13 against it, with three amendments moved by Road Transport and Highways Minister …

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