Watch: New Motor Vehicles Act | Auto-rickshaw driver from Odisha fined ₹47,500

After a traffic police issued a challan of ₹16,000 to a scooty driver in Haryana’s Kaithal, an auto-rickshaw driver from Odisha was fined ₹47,500 under the new Motor Vehicles Act.

After a traffic police issued a challan of ₹16,000 to a scooty driver in Haryana’s Kaithal, an auto-rickshaw driver from Odisha was fined ₹47,500 under the new Motor Vehicles Act. Haribandhu Kanhar was imposed the penalty by officials of Regional Transport Office of Bhubaneswar after he was found to be driving the vehicle without a valid driving licence, registration certification, permit, pollution under control certificate and insurance. Regional Transport Office of Bhubaneswar said, “The provision is for any vehicle that violates law, it doesn’t matter whether the vehicle was bought for ₹62,000 or ₹2000”.