More than 12,000 trainees have received training in driving and road safety from the Institute of Driving and Traffic Research (IDTR) at Nava Raipur in a year since being founded, according to a press release issued by the CMO on Friday.

Five persons were arrested on Monday for violating traffic norms when all of them were seen in a viral video riding on a single motorcycle, police said.

Marathi TV actor Kalyani Kurale passed away at the age of 32. She met with a road accident on Sangali Kolhapur highway near Halondi village in Kolhapur district on Saturday.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], August 4 (ANI): Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday issued directions to the Punjab Government to file a report on the occurrence of large potholes after illegal mining in the international border area.

Nuh (Haryana) [India], July 24 (ANI): The Haryana Police on Saturday conducted raids against illegal mining in 24 villages and impounded as many as 236 vehicles without documents.

New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): A total of 2.07 million vehicles were recalled in India since the financial year 2019-20 due to safety defects.

Thane Apr 26 PTI A 34-year-old man was crushed to death by a speeding dumper in Maharashtras Thane district on Tuesday police said The Kolsewadi police of Kalyan have arrested the 20-year-old driver of the dumper for the accident that took place in the morning an official said Milind Galde a resident of Dombivili was standing with his two-wheeler in Chinchpada locality where a speeding dumper dashed him killing him on the spot he said A case under relevant sections of the IPC and Motor Vehicles Act was registered against dumper driver Harishchandra Wagh who was drunk at the time of the accident the official added PTI COR ARU ARU

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI Authorities have issued over 198 crore challans worth Rs 189873 crore for traffic violations across the country in the 2021 calendar year Parliament was informed on Thursday In a written reply to the Lok Sabha Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said 215328 cases of road rage and rash driving were reported in 2021 as per the governments centralised database According to data provided by the minister Delhi has seen the highest number of challans at 7189824 followed by Tamil Nadu 3626037 and Kerala 1741932 challans Authorities have issued over 40 lakh challans worth Rs 417 crore for traffic violations across the country between January 1 to March 15 2022 Gadkari said To improve road safety and tighten traffic regulations such as issuance of driving licences and impose stricter penalties for violations Parliament on August 5 2019 had passed the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 2019 President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Bill on August 9 2019 The minister also said that while the number of traffic violations under the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 before between February 1 2017 to August 31 2019 the implementation of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019 was 13872098 the number of cases after September 1 2019 to February 2022 the implementation of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019 stood at 48518314 Gadkari said his ministry has formulated a multi-pronged strategy to address the issue of road safety based on education engineering both of roads and vehicles enforcement and emergency care Replying to a separate question he said 553 National Highways projects in a length of 10964 km have been awarded during 2020-21 Expenditure incurred for ongoing works of National Highways NHs projects during 2020-21 stood at Rs 153240 crore Gadkari added According to the minister the contributions received under the Public Private Partnerships PPP mode during 2020-21 stood at Rs 12476 crore It has been estimated that 4076 mandays of work is created for every km of road constructed he noted PTI BKS DRR

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI Authorities have issued over 198 crore challans worth Rs 189873 crore for traffic violations across the country in the 2021 calendar year Parliament was informed on Thursday In a written reply to the Lok Sabha Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said 215328 cases of road rage and rash driving were reported in 2021 as per the governments centralised database According to data provided by the minister Delhi has seen the highest number of challans at 7189824 followed by Tamil Nadu 3626037 and Kerala 1741932 challans Authorities have issued over 40 lakh challans worth Rs 417 crore for traffic violations across the country between January 1 to March 15 2022 Gadkari said To improve road safety and tighten traffic regulations such as issuance of driving licences and impose stricter penalties for violations Parliament on August 5 2019 had passed the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill 2019 President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Bill on August 9 2019 The minister also said that while the number of traffic violations under the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 before between February 1 2017 to August 31 2019 the implementation of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019 was 13872098 the number of cases after September 1 2019 to February 2022 the implementation of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019 stood at 48518314 Gadkari said his ministry has formulated a multi-pronged strategy to address the issue of road safety based on education engineering both of roads and vehicles enforcement and emergency care PTI BKS DRR

New Delhi Feb 22 PTI The Supreme Court Tuesday said that a financier of a transport vehicle for which a lease or hypothecation agreement has been entered is liable to tax under the Uttar Pradesh Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1997 from the date of taking possession of the vehicleThe apex court refused to interfere with the December 2019 judgement of the Allahabad High Court which had held that the financier-in-possession of the transport vehicle was liable to pay tax under the 1997 ActA bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna dismissed the appeal filed by the financier who had extended loan for purchase of the vehicle in question against the high court verdictIn view of the above discussion and for the reasons stated above it is held that a financier of a motor vehicletransport vehicle in respect of which a hire-purchase or lease or hypothecation agreement has been entered is liable to tax from the date of taking possession of the said vehicle under the said agreement the bench said in its judgementThe top court said that if after the payment of tax the vehicle is not used for a month or more then the owner may apply for refund under section 12 of the 1997 Act and has to comply with all the requirements for seeking the refund as mentioned in the provisionHowever only in a case which falls under sub-section 2 of section 12 and subject to surrender of the necessary documents as mentioned in sub-section 2 of section 12 the liability to pay the tax shall not arise otherwise the liability to pay the tax by such owneroperator shall continue it saidThe bench noted in its verdict that the financier had extended a loan for the purchase of the transport vehicle and on default in payment of loan is in possession of the vehicle in questionIt also noted that counsel appearing for the appellant had referred to relevant provisions of the 1997 Act and the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 in support of his submission that being a financier-in-possession of the vehicle unless the vehicle is put to use or is being actually used there shall not be any liability on the financier to pay tax under the 1997 lawThe counsel appearing for the state had submitted before the apex court that under the provisions of the 1997 Act every owner and operator is liable to pay tax leviable under Section 4The bench while referring to the relevant provisions of the 1997 Act noted that a financier who is in possession of the transport vehicle in question owing to non-payment of loan is an owner under the relevant provisions of the 1997 law and also the 1988 ActIt said that Section 4 of the 1997 Act is the charging section as per which no motor vehicle other than a transport vehicle shall be used in any public place in Uttar Pradesh unless a one-time tax at the rate applicable has been paid in respect thereofIt said the requirement under law is to first pay the tax in advance as provided under section 9 and thereafter to use the vehicleIn other words it is pay the tax and use and not use and pay the tax Therefore the submission on behalf of the appellant-financier that tax has to be paid at the time of use or thereafter cannot be accepted the bench notedIf such a submission is accepted in that case section 91iva which provides for the amount of tax to be paid in advance will become redundant andor nugatory it saidThe bench said in a case where after the tax is paid and the vehicle is not used the operator or the owner may apply and claim for refund as per section 12 and may get refund subject to fulfilling all the requirementsUnder the circumstances the impugned judgment and order passed by the full bench of the high court does not warrant any interference by this court The appeal stands dismissed accordingly it said PTI ABA SA