No insurance, no fuel? Supreme Court seeks Centre's plan to stop fuel sales to uninsured vehicles
The court said such a system would help identify uninsured and unregistered vehicles while encouraging owners to keep their insurance active.
The Supreme Court has proposed a pilot project to curb the growing number of uninsured vehicles in India, which currently stands at nearly 56% of all vehicles on the roads. The court directed that fuel be supplied only to vehicles with valid insurance, and that ANPR cameras be linked with insurance databases to automatically issue e-challans to uninsured vehicles.
The court also called for handheld devices to be provided to traffic police to check insurance status on the spot, longer mandatory third-party insurance for new vehicles, and faster disposal of pending motor accident compensation cases.
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