The Hindu : New Delhi News : Amendments to motor vehicles rules sought

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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

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Amendments to motor vehicles rules sought

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: The Delhi police have sought more powers to deal with incidents of violation of provisions governing the use of solar film on windscreens and windowpanes of vehicles to check crime, particularly sexual assaults on women in moving cars in the Capital.Seeking certain amendments to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) Alok Kumar submitted on Monday before a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice M.K. Sharma and Justice Hima Kohli that the violation should be made punishable with imprisonment up to one year.

In an affidavit, the DCP suggested that the police be empowered to get films pasted on the windscreens and windowpanes of the vehicles in violation of the provisions removed.

He further suggested that a new provision be written into the law book to allow the police to cancel Registration Certificates (RCs) if owners or drivers of the vehicles were found using black/dark/reflective glass film.

The city police also sought enhancement of the fine amount from Rs.100 at present to Rs.1,000 for the first offence and Rs.2,000 for the subsequent offence for violating the provisions governing the use of solar film as well as other traffic rules and regulations. The permissible visual transmission for windscreens is 70 per cent while for the windowpanes it is 50 per cent, conforming to the Indian Standards, the affidavit stated. The police made these suggestions in response to a PIL filed by Saraswati Pillai, president of the South Delhi Housewives' Association.

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