Pressure horns: HC asks Traffic Police about steps being taken to stop their use

Dissatisfied with the traffic police for only challaning the use of pressure horns and not removing them from vehicles, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked it about the steps being taken to ensure that such devices are not used.

A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani perused a status report filed by Delhi Traffic Police which stated that it has been issuing challans to several thousand vehicles, including two wheelers, for use of pressure horns, and said "we are not satisfied by it".

The high court said that in a judgement of 2007 it held that police has the powers to remove such illegal devices from the vehicles.

The March 26, 2007 judgement had said: "The Government of NCT of Delhi and Delhi Police which are main enforcing agencies would be entitled to remove the pressure horn or any other offending horns from the vehicles, as if these offending parts are permitted to be used on the vehicles, there is every likelihood of offence being repeatedly committed."