Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | 1988: Road accidents Motor Vehicles Act |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Writ Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Others |
Headnote | Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Road accidents - Large number of accidents occur every day on Indian Roads causing loss of human lives besides loss of limbs and other injuries resulting in human tragedies - Writ petitioner seeking court's intervention primarily in the matter of implementation of prevailing laws in the right earnest and need for change in such laws and upgradation thereof and directions for upliftment of the existing infrastructure and facilities with regard to post-accident care and management to minimize loss of life and physical injuries to victims of road accidents - Held: The four Working Groups set up by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways made recommendations on short term and long term measures to curb road accidents in the country i.e. enforcement of the existing laws, regulations and norms; availability of safe roads worthy of traffic as per the resources available with Central and State Governments; education on road safety and timely medical attention - All existing laws and norms including the provision of Motor Vehicles Act, therefore require to be implemented in the right earnest and with all vigours by the authorities - Committee constituted to undertake the process of monitoring measures undertaken by the Central Government and State Governments - All State Governments as well as different Ministries/Departments/Wings of the Central Government to submit their report to the Committee indicating the state of implementation and enforcement of all laws pertaining to licensing; certification of fitness of vehicles; limits of use of vehicles i.e. passenger carrying capacity, weight carrying capacity etc.; use of road safety devices; adherence to norms including user of roads, and deployment of adequate manpower for enforcement of the existing provisions of law - The Union Government as well as the State Government to also indicate their views on the necessity of further change in the law, if any - The Committee directed to submit its report to the Court within three months after receipt of report from the Union/State Governments expressing its views on the deficiencies and the defaults on the part of any of the stakeholders, as may be found. |
Judge | Honble Mr. Justice Ranjan Gogoi |
Neutral Citation | 2017 INSC 1159 |
Petitioner | S. Rajaseekaran |
Respondent | Union Of India & Ors. |
SCR | [2014] 5 S.C.R. 444 |
Judgement Date | 2014-04-22 |
Case Number | 295 |
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