# Chandigarh courts to settle 8,500 challans at ₹100 each 2026-11-14T04:31:18+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Outlets counted: hindustantimes.com The district courts in Chandigarh will launch a special drive from November 16 to clear 8,500 overdue traffic challans for a reduced penalty of ₹100 each. The first phase covers challans issued between September 2023 and March 2024 under Section 177 of the Motor Vehicles Act for violations such as parking on zebra crossings and wrong parking. While the maximum fine under the provision is ₹500, motorists will pay only ₹100 under the initiative. The 8,500 challans have been distributed among 17 courts, with each court assigned 500 cases. The list of eligible challans is available on the district courts' official website. Motorists can pay through separate payment links for each court on the website or via payment machines at the court complex. UPI payments will not attract extra charges, while nominal bank charges apply to NEFT or net banking transactions. The court has warned that no payment links will be shared through messages and advised motorists to use only the official website to avoid cyber fraud. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The special drive offers motorists a flat 83% discount on fines, but it applies only to 8,500 specific challans from a 19-month-old window, leaving older or newer violations outside the scheme. With each of the 17 courts handling 500 cases, the initiative tests whether a simplified process can reduce the backlog of petty traffic offences without overwhelming the judicial system. Motorists must act before the drive ends, and the court has made payment possible online or in person, but the absence of payment links in messages puts the burden on users to verify the official site independently. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com Straight factual report with no evaluative language. This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Chandigarh, district courts Chandigarh, Motor Vehicles Act, traffic challans Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/chandigarh-courts-to-settle-8-500-challans-at-rs100-each/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/chandigarh-courts-to-settle-8-500-challans-at-rs100-each/#story-in-brief Gate decision: carve_out (pass: utility (deadline_or_rule_change, deadline:drive from november 16), qualifying outlets 1, relevance 7) Utility kind: deadline_or_rule_change (deadline:drive from november 16) Freshness: pass (fresh: newest qualifying source 2026-11-14 02:21Z (feed), 2.2 h old) Image: photograph. Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2026/11/13/400x225/The-district-courts--Chandigarh--will-launch-a-spe_1794597354010_kdjr.jpg. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/