13 May 2024


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Judgments

Not Necessary That Offending Vehicle Must Have Over Speeded To Constitute ‘Rash And Negligent’ Driving(11.06.2018)

By way of this revision petition filed under Section 397 read with 401 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) petitioner has challenged the judgment .....

Tags : Motor Vehicle, Rash, Negligent, Driving

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Notifications & Circulars

Driving Licenses and Vehicle Registration Certificates can now be accessed through Mobile App(07.09.2016)

Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping and Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Electronics & Information Technology .....

Tags : Mobile App, Access, Driving Licenses, Registration Certificates

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Avoiding Multiple Driving Licences(07.01.2019)

A National Database has been created on Driving Licenses and Vehicle registration. NIC has been entrusted with the design, development, computerizatio.....

Tags : Driving Licences, Multiplicity, Avoidance

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Larger bench to determine issue on 'light' transport vehicle licence(11.02.2016)

Does one holding a licence to drive a light motor vehicles require an endorsement to drive a transport vehicle even it falls within the class of light.....

Tags : Driving licence, transport vehicle, lmv

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Cancellation of driving license for all classes or description of vehicles permanently is excessive(12.03.2020)

Petitioner impugns judgment whereby the appeal of the Petitioner impugning order on conviction has been dismissed, however the order on sentence has .....

Tags : Driving licence, Cancellation, Legality

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News

Cancel Licences of Drivers Using Cell Phones: Uttarakhand High Court(25.06.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has directed the State to issue directions authorizing cancellation of licences of drivers found using cellphones while driving.....

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SC Asks Centre to Act on Plea Seeking a System to Authenticate Government ID Cards(25.10.2016)

Supreme Court has asked Centre to consider as representation a PIL seeking to put in place a technology to authenticate identity cards like voter ID, .....

Tags : Supreme Court, PIL, voter ID, Aadhar cards, driving licenses

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SC Favours Deterrent Punishment for Talking on Mobile While Driving(22.09.2016)

SC has urged Union Government to enhance punishment for those who talk on their mobile phones while driving and provide for exemplary penalty for driv.....

Tags : SC , Union Government, driving dangerously

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Centre Extends Validity of Driving Licences, Registrations, Fitness Certificates & Permits(25.08.2020)

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has extended the validity of documents like driving licenses, permits and registration that expired since 1st .....

Tags : Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Validity of Driving Licences

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Bombay HC Asks Man to Pay 50,000 to Quash FIR against Minor Son for Under-Age Driving(22.08.2016)

Bombay HC, while sending out a tough message against under-age driving, has directed a man to give Rs 50,000 as costs, if he wants an FIR against his .....

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Allahabad HC: Learning Driving License, Voter ID Card Can't Be Considered to Determine Juvenile's Age(11.04.2022)

Allahabad High Court has observed that the Learning Driving License and Voter I.D. Card should not be taken into account while determining the age of .....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Learning Driving License, Voter I.D., juvenile

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Cal. HC: Only Licensing Authority Can Suspend Driving License, Not Police Officer(22.07.2022)

Calcutta High Court has held that a police officer has no right to disqualify a person or revoke a driving license under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988,.....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, Driving License, Disqualify

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SC Advocates for Stringent Punishment for Rash Driving, Directs Centre to Amend Laws(07.12.2016)

Supreme Court, while holding that existing two-year imprisonment for causing death due to rash and negligent driving as grossly inadequate, has asked .....

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SC: Breath Analysis or Blood Test Not Necessary to Reject Claim on Ground of Drunken Driving(13.04.2021)

Supreme Court has held that a breath analyzer test or blood test as contemplated under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is not necessary for an insurer to.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Claim on Ground of Drunken Driving

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Bombay High Court: Mere Speeding Doesn’t Amounts to Rash & Negligent Driving(01.03.2017)

Bombay High Court has held that merely driving a vehicle at a high speed is not enough to attract offence of rash and negligent driving.

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Driving in High Speed in Busy Road can be Said to be Rash & Negligent Driving: Bombay HC(22.04.2019)

Bombay High Court has observed that when a person drives his vehicle in a very high speed, in spite of knowing fact that it is thickly populated and v.....

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Kerala HC: Accused to be Subjected to Breath Analyser Test to Attract Offence of Drunk Driving(15.01.2021)

Kerala High Court has held that in order to attract the offence of drunken driving under Section 185(a) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the accused s.....

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Kar. HC: Rash Driving Offences Would Not be Attracted for Accidents Involving Pet Animal(31.10.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that offences of rash driving or mischief of killing animals under the Indian Penal Code and offences under Motor Vehicl.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Animals, Rash Driving

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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Extends Validity of Driving Licenses & Other Permits(30.03.2021)

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has extended the validity of documents like driving licenses, registrations and other permits under the Motor .....

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Cal. HC: Rash Driving With Knowledge That it May Lead to Fatal Accident Can be Tried U/S 304(II) IPC(16.12.2022)

Calcutta High Court while refusing to quash proceedings under Section 304 Part II of IPC in motor accident case has observed that reckless driving wit.....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, Rash Driving, Accident, Knowledge

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Delhi HC to State: Ensure Strict Compliance of SOP on Accepting e-Copies of Driving Licenses(10.02.2023)

Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Government to ensure strict compliance of a SOP issued by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on December 17, .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, SOP, Motor Vehicles, Driving Licenses

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Madras High Court Analyses Methods to Stop Reckless Driving(18.06.2019)

Madras High Court has taken up a case suo motu in order to examine the ways and means to stop reckless driving of motor vehicles and also to ensure th.....

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Bombay High Court Directs Salman Khan's Lawyers to Submit List of 'Missing' Documents(26.08.2015)

Bombay High Court has directed Salman Khan’s lawyers to submit fresh list of documents that they feel are missing from records in 2002 drunken driving.....

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Kerala HC Seeks Response in Plea Seeking Clarification to Penalize Devices While Driving(29.07.2021)

Kerala High Court has sought response of the State Government in a plea seeking clarification on the move by the Police department to penalize the use.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Penalize Devices While Driving

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Bombay HC Asks State : What Will You do against Maharashtra Police in Failed Cases?(22.12.2015)

Bombay HC has asked State Government what action it proposes to take against persons whose dereliction of duty forces cases of drunk driving to fall t.....

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Delhi Cab Driver Arrested for Trying to Abduct Woman Judge(29.11.2017)

Delhi Cab Driver Arrested for Trying to Abduct Woman Judge

Tags : The judge, in her complaint, told the police that instead of taking her to the Karkardooma Court, the driver started driving towards Hapur on the NH-24 on Monday, police said.

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SC to Centre: Consider Resolving LMV Driving License Issue Through Legislative Amendment(14.09.2023)

Supreme Court while observing that reversing judgment in Mukund Dewangan case (MANU/SC/0797/2017) could impact livelihood of hordes of drivers, has ur.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Light Motor Vehicle, Driving License

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Delhi HC Put Stay on Govt Order on Pvt. Driving Schools(28.09.2015)

Delhi HC while staying Govt. order on Pvt. Driving Schools, has ruled that condition restraining relatives of Transport Department officials to operat.....

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Madras High Court Preserves Vandiyur Lake(02.11.2015)

Madras High Court has said that it would never permit Madurai district administration to establish a Traffic Park Driving Training School on the weste.....

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Kerala HC: Driving Slow But Recklessly Amounts to Rash & Negligent Driving(13.12.2021)

Kerala High Court has ruled that driving a vehicle in a reckless and negligent manner even if it is done at a low speed, would still amount to rash an.....

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Kar. HC: No Presumption of Contributory Negligence Merely Because Driver Didn’t Possess DL(04.10.2023)

Karnataka High Court has modified the order of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal that laid contributory negligence to deceased, saying he did not possess.....

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HP HC: Benefit of Probation of Offenders Act can’t be Extended to Offence u/s 304A IPC(13.12.2023)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a person convicted for the offence of rash and negligent driving under Section 304-A of IPC can’t be extende.....

Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, Probation of Offenders, Rash and Negligent Driving

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SC: 'Mukund Dewangan' Decision Will Continue To Hold Pending Reference(23.11.2023)

Supreme Court has held that its decision in Mukund Dewangan v. Oriental Insurance Company Limited (MANU/SC/0797/2017; 2017/INSC/576) will continue to .....

Tags : Supreme Court, LMV, Driving License

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SC: Unless Licence is Prima Facie Invalid, Burden Upon Insurer to Prove Failure on Part of Owner(01.11.2023)

Supreme Court has held that once a seemingly valid driving licence is produced by a person employed to drive a vehicle, unless such licence is demonst.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Driving Licence, Due Diligence

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Del. HC: Unforeseen Incident Not Ground to Let Go of offender for Rash Driving(06.11.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that the happening of an accident is an unforeseen incident but it cannot be a ground to let off the offender for rash and n.....

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SC Dismisses Appeal of Convict Against Conviction in Rash Driving Case(02.04.2020)

Supreme Court has dismissed Vismay Amitbhai Shah’s Appeal against his conviction and sentence for causing the death of two students while rashly drivi.....

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Court Slams Compensation of Rs. 12 Lakhs in Motor Vehicle Accident Case(08.02.2016)

A trial court, while ordering a compensation of over Rs 12 lakh for family members of auto-driver, who was killed in road-accident due to rash and neg.....

Tags : Motor Vehicle Accident Case , fake driving licences

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Kar. HC: Pay and Recover Principle to be Applied in Cases Where Driving License of Driver Not Found(23.01.2024)

Karnataka HC has held that in cases where valid driving license of the driver involved in accident is not found then the Claims Tribunal has to apply .....

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Gujarat HC: Insurance Company Cannot be Liable for Indemnity if Driver Does Not Have Valid Licence(01.02.2022)

Gujarat High Court has held that an insurance company cannot be held liable for indemnity if the driver of the offending vehicle does not have a valid.....

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Bombay High Court Upholds 60-Day Jail Term for Rash Driving that Killed Constable(02.12.2019)

Bombay High Court has upheld the jail term of 60 days imposed by a lower court in a case of rash and negligent driving against a rickshaw driver who c.....

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Telangana HC: Police Do Not Have Power to Detain or Seize Vehicle in Drunk-Driving Cases(08.11.2021)

Telangana High Court has clarified that police do not have power to detain or seize a vehicle on the ground that the person driving or riding the vehi.....

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Cancel Driver’s License of Those Using Mobile Phones While Driving: Rajasthan HC(01.05.2018)

Rajasthan High Court has directed the Addl. Police Commissioner-Traffic, Jodhpur to cancel driver’s license of those found using their mobile phones w.....

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SC: Two Years Jail for Rash Driving Causing Death Not Enough(29.08.2016)

SC, while expressing concern about menace of rash and negligent driving which claims nearly 400 lives on Indian roads every day, has said that the ex.....

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Bombay HC Rules, Speeding Alone No Ground to Book Person for Rash Driving(11.05.2016)

Bombay HC has ruled that driving a car at high speeds is by itself not a strong enough ground to book a person for rash and negligent driving.

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Delhi HC: Can’t Suspend Driving Licence Arbitrarily(13.05.2016)

Delhi HC has directed traffic police and transport department not to suspend driving licences without giving alleged violators an opportunity to defen.....

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Allahabad HC: Insurance Company Cannot be Permitted to Avoid Liability on Lack of Driving Licence(16.02.2022)

Allahabad High Court has observed the insurance company cannot be permitted to avoid its liability only on the ground that the person driving the vehi.....

Tags : Allahabad High Court, Lack of Driving Licence

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J&K&L HC Dismisses Appeal Against MACT Award on Basis of Invalid Driving License(28.02.2022)

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed an appeal moved by an Insurance company wherein it had challenged the award made by Motor Accide.....

Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Basis of Invalid Driving License

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