HC notice to govt on plea against uninsured vehicles on road

A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notices to the Centre, the Delhi government and the city police and sought their replies to the plea by October 13.

The bench was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking directions to authorities to "effectively" implement the provisions of Motor Vehicles Act 1988.

The petition alleged the authorities deliberately neglect the provisions of Motor Vehicle Act and do not prosecute the owner or driver for plying uninsured vehicles.

"The respondents permit the uninsured vehicles to ply on the road in breach of law and thereafter neither prosecute the owner or driver nor seize or auction the offending vehicle," said the plea.

The petition also sought directions to compensate the road mishap victims, suffering losses due to non-implementation of the provisions of the MV Act.

The PIL was filed by the family members of a 48-year-old man, Dinesh Sehgal, who had died in a road accident in August last year when he was hit by an uninsured tractor.

Sehgal's family has also sought compensation for his death. (More)