The Supreme Court Committee on Road safety issued direction to suspend driving licence for a period of not less than three months under Section-19 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 read with Rule 21 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 for:
- Driving at a speed exceeding the specified limit which in the Committee’s view would also include red light jumping;
- Carrying overload in goods carriage and carrying persons in goods carriages;
- Driving vehicles under the influence of drink and drugs;
- Using mobile phone while driving a vehicle
The orders in respect are as under.
- Order No. F. No. 05/2014/CoRS-Part-III dated 18.08.2015
(Directions to the States/UTs to implement road safety laws-reg.) - Order No. F. No. 05/2014/CoRS-Part-III dated 17.11.2015
(Directions to the States/UTs to implement road safety laws-reg.)