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 he was found to be driving the vehicle without a valid driving licence, registration certification, permit, pollution under control certificate and insurance. Junior Motor Vehicle Inspector Sandeep Paikray said Kanhar was penalised ₹10,000 each for violating permit conditions, drunken driving and air and noise pollution, ₹5,000 each for expired driving license, expired registration certificate and allowing an unauthorised person to drive the vehicle, ₹2,000 for plying the vehicle without insurance and ₹500 for general offence. Watch | New Motor Vehicles Act | Auto-rickshaw driver from Odisha fined ₹47,500 A challan was issued in the name of the owner of the vehicle Kanduri Khatua, a resident of Nayagarh.

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Odisha: Transport department launches special drive for winter
1 month ago

Odisha: Transport department launches special drive for winter

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: With the winter months prone to heightened accident risk and resultant fatalities, the Transport Department has launched a special enforcement drive to crack down on road safety violations while raising awareness on safe driving. Transport department sources said enforcement activities will be carried out across the state to check violations like riding without helmets, driving without putting on the …

Odisha: Three killed, 13 injured in separate road accidents
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: Three killed, 13 injured in separate road accidents

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Three people lost their lives and more than 13 sustained severe injuries in separate road accidents across Odisha on Sunday, raising concerns over the rising number of road mishap fatalities in the state. In the first incident, Mahendra Jena, a fish vendor, was tragically killed when a speeding truck ran over him in Paradip’s Atharbanki. Outraged by the incident, …

Claims tribunal asks truck owner to pay ₹65 lakh to accident victim’s kin
7 months, 1 week ago

Claims tribunal asks truck owner to pay ₹65 lakh to accident victim’s kin

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, a quasi-judicial body that adjudicates claims related to motor vehicle accidents, directed a truck owner recently to pay ₹65 lakh to the family of a 37-year-old school teacher who was mowed down by his truck in 2015. HT Image The tribunal further directed the family to deposit ₹60 lakh in fixed deposit for the …

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 …

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 …

S.166 MV Act | Compensation Can Be Granted Even When Accident Is Caused By ‘Standing Vehicle’: Orissa High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

S.166 MV Act | Compensation Can Be Granted Even When Accident Is Caused By ‘Standing Vehicle’: Orissa High Court

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has recently reiterated that the expression “use of motor vehicles” employed under Section 165 of the Motor Vehicles Act includes accident caused by the offending vehicle when it is not moving and is in static/standing position. While setting aside a contrary order of the Motor Vehicle Claims Tribunal, a Single Bench of Justice Bibhu Prasad Routray …

Panchkula: Auto driver arrested for stealing passenger’s ₹2 lakh
1 year, 9 months ago

Panchkula: Auto driver arrested for stealing passenger’s ₹2 lakh

Hindustan Times  

Four days after a passenger’s bag containing ₹2 lakh in cash was stolen from an auto-rickshaw in Panchkula on Monday, police arrested the auto driver for the theft and recovered the cash from him. A case under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Sector-5 police station in Panchkula. He was arrested on the complaint of …

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. …

New MV Act Comes Into Effect In Himachal Pradesh
3 years, 5 months ago

New MV Act Comes Into Effect In Himachal Pradesh

News 18  

The Himachal Pradesh government has implemented the amended Motor Vehicle Act 2021 in the entire state. If someone is caught driving a vehicle without carrying a valid driving license, he/she will be fined anywhere between Rs 5, 000 and Rs 7, 500. Anyone riding a vehicle without having valid insurance will be issued a challan of Rs 2, 000- 6, …

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 …

Andhra Pradesh Police Offers Two Days Grace Time For Over 68,000 Motorists With Pending Penalties
4 years, 1 month ago

Andhra Pradesh Police Offers Two Days Grace Time For Over 68,000 Motorists With Pending Penalties

News 18  

Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district police gave a grace time of two more days for 68,943 vehicles owners to clear their penalties or else face legal action. Siddhartha Kaushal, Prakasam district Superintendent of Police, said that 1.51 lakh vehicles have been levied a penalty of Rs 4.6 crore for violating rules in 2020 so far. “Therefore, the concerned vehicle owners have …

Andhra Pradesh revises traffic violation penalties. Check new charges
4 years, 2 months ago

Andhra Pradesh revises traffic violation penalties. Check new charges

India TV News  

The Andhra Pradesh transport department on Thursday raised the penalties for a range of traffic violations for better enforcement of the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. All the above-mentioned offences will attract double the penalty in the event of committing these violations for the second time and can go up to a maximum fine of Rs 750 for two-wheelers, …

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 …

Haryana applies brakes on traffic fines; Punjab, Himachal defer new rules
5 years, 3 months ago

Haryana applies brakes on traffic fines; Punjab, Himachal defer new rules

India TV News  

The BJP-ruled Haryana, which was on a spree on imposing fines to motorists for road safety violations, has decided to focus on educating them rather than imposing penalties till Sunday, while its neighbouring Congress-ruled Punjab and BJP-ruled Himachal Pradesh have deferred the new traffic rules for the time being. To prevent road accidents, traffic constables of the Punjab Police are …

New Motor Vehicle Act: Hyderabad cops giving helmets, documents instead of challans
5 years, 3 months ago

New Motor Vehicle Act: Hyderabad cops giving helmets, documents instead of challans

India TV News  

At a time when the imposition of heavy fines for violation of traffic rules is evoking public anger in parts of the country, Rachakonda police commissionerate in Greater Hyderabad is trying an innovative method to make the motorists follow the rules. Instead of imposing fines for violations, the traffic police is facilitating the violators to buy the helmet or obtain …

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 …

Maharashtra stays 'exorbitant' traffic violation fines
5 years, 3 months ago

Maharashtra stays 'exorbitant' traffic violation fines

India TV News  

In an embarrassment for the Narendra Modi government, Maharashtra's ruling BJP-Shiv Sena coalition on Wednesday termed the heavy penalties under the new Motor Vehicles Act as "exorbitant" and stayed its implementation. Announcing the decision, state Transport Minister Diwakar Raote urged the Centre to "reconsider and reduce" the hefty fines by making amendments to the new MVA. The development came hours …

Kerala begins work to reduce motor vehicle fines
5 years, 3 months ago

Kerala begins work to reduce motor vehicle fines

India TV News  

he Kerala government has started to examine how the recently increased traffic fines can be brought down, state Transport Minister A.K. Like in several other parts of the country, there were widespread protests in Kerala too, against the massive hike in traffic fines. As the cries got stronger and with celebration of the Onam festival is on peak, the state …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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