New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) In another horrific road accident in the national Capital, a woman was killed on the spot after being run over by a speeding loaded dumper truck on the Budh Vihar–Kanjhawala Road in Outer Delhi, officials said on Thursday.The driver fled the scene immediately after the incident.Personnel from Delhi’s Aman Vihar Police Station, along with the Station House Officer (SHO), reached the spot and, after considerable effort, carefully recovered the body and sent it to a hosp…
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Jaipur, July 14 (IANS) A month-long enforcement campaign by the Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority (RALSA) has triggered a major overhaul in the state’s luxury bus industry.The unprecedented drive has resulted in the seizure of 10O luxury sleeper buses for violating safety norms.The impact of the drive is visible as thousands of bus operators have lined up at workshops to modify their vehicles and comply with mandatory transport safety standards.Disturbed by a series of fatal sleeper bus a…
Hyderabad, July 13 (IANS) Telangana’s Director General of Police (DGP), C.V. Anand, has ordered suspension of a police officer for letting his minor granddaughter drive a car.The DGP said on Monday that he has asked Cyberabad Police Commissioner to suspend the concerned officer and start a departmental enquiry on this indiscretion.However, Cyberabad Police Commissioner, M. Ramesh, clarified that the officer is not working in Cyberabad police.“We are sending a report to the competent authorit…
Hyderabad, July 12 (IANS) Cyberabad Police on Sunday registered a case against a police officer for permitting a minor to drive a car, after his action triggered public outrage. Sub-Inspector of police Pujari Thirupathi let her granddaughter, said to be aged just six, drive the car on a busy road under the limits of Narsingi Police Station.When people raised an objection, both the police officer and the little girl were seen arguing with them.After the video of the incident was widely circulated…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) An FIR has been lodged against the Trinamool Congress’ General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee for violating the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, said the police on Thursday. The FIR was filed at the Kalighat police station in South Kolkata following a complaint lodged by a resident of Baguiati against Abhishek Banerjee.The person, named Rajiv Sarkar, has made several allegations against Banerjee in his complaint. He claimed that security guards were dangerously …
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday laid down broad guidelines for determining the income of deceased victims in motor accident compensation cases, holding that while the latest Income Tax Return (ITR) should ordinarily be relied upon for salaried persons, the average of up to the previous three years’ ITRs should generally be considered for self-employed individuals, subject to the nature and circumstances of their business.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N.K. Singh sai…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 1 (IANS) A surprise visit by former Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran to the official residence of Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday has triggered political speculation, with the purpose of the meeting remaining unclear.Surendran, one of the tallest CPI(M) leaders in the state capital city, who arrived riding a scooter accompanied by another person, told waiting reporters that he had come to meet the minister with a recommendation on behalf of h…
Srinagar, June 14 (IANS) A court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar has convicted a father for allowing his minor son to drive a vehicle and proposed a sentence of three years’ imprisonment. However, considering various mitigating factors, the court extended the benefit of the Probation of Offenders Act after the accused pleaded guilty and did not contest the case.In a significant ruling aimed at enforcing road safety laws, the Court of the Special Mobile Magistrate (Traffic), Kashmir, Srinagar, co…
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday held that a municipal authority cannot be saddled with liability under the Motor Vehicles Act (MVA) for injuries caused by the fall of a tree branch on a stationary autorickshaw during heavy rain, ruling that such an incident do not arise out of the “use of a motor vehicle” in the manner contemplated under the law.However, a bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N. Kotiswar Singh, invoking its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to en…
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) In a landmark judgment recognising the economic and social value of unpaid domestic work, the Supreme Court on Thursday described homemakers as “nation builders” and directed that a separate compensation component titled “loss of domestic care” be awarded in motor accident cases involving their death. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N. Kotiswar Singh enhanced compensation payable to the family of a woman who died in a road accident in Haryana in 2001, raising it fr…