Madras HC urged to set up mobile magistrate court to strengthen enforcement of helmet rule: Bedi

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Press Trust of India Puducherry
Last Updated : Feb 10 2019 | 6:50 PM IST

The law secretary of the Puducherry government has requested the Madras High Court to deploy a mobile magistrate Traffic court here to ensure motorcyclists wear helmets, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi has said.

A day after DGP Sundari Nanda said the rule regarding helmet use would be enforced from February 11 in the Union Territory, Bedi in her WhatsApp message to mediapersons said, "It is now time and opportunity for relentless adoption of the rule by law enforcement agencies to bring down fatalities on roads."

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First Published: Feb 10 2019 | 6:50 PM IST

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