# Kerala HC: Upload modification details of accident vehicles on e-DAR portal 2026-10-14T15:56:36+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Kerala High Court has directed the Transport Commissioner to ensure that inspecting officers upload unauthorised modification details, photographs and videos of vehicles involved in accidents on the e-DAR portal. The uploaded details must include any alterations to increase engine horsepower or performance, modifications to the braking system and safety violations that increased the risk or seriousness of bodily injury during a collision, the Court said. A Division Bench of Justices Anil K. Narendran and S. Muralee Krishna was hearing suo motu proceedings on unauthorised vehicle modifications and road-safety violations. The Transport Commissioner had informed the Court that while e-DAR contains fields for recording modifications and uploading media, some officers had been bypassing photo uploads. The Commissioner also reported a technical glitch where photographs uploaded to e-DAR could be viewed online but did not appear in printed reports, a matter communicated to the National Informatics Centre. The Court also directed the State Police Chief to ensure strict compliance with its orders. The High Court viewed videos of vehicles flouting safety standards, including unauthorised lighting, and directed that modification details on the portal cover any changes that made a vehicle more dangerous in a collision. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both verdictum.in and The Hindu present the same factual developments from the Kerala High Court's directions on uploading vehicle modification details to the e-DAR portal, with nearly identical quotes and orders. The coverage is uniform straight reporting, with no discernible slant in either outlet. The Court's order addresses a specific enforcement gap: inspecting officers bypassing photo uploads and a technical glitch in printed reports. The key next step is the Transport Commissioner and State Police Chief ensuring compliance with the uploading directives. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - verdictum.in (neutral report) Straight reporting of court order and background - thehindu.com (neutral report) Straight reporting of court order and background This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: e-DAR, Kerala, Kerala High Court, Motor Vehicles Act, Transport Commissioner Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/kerala-hc-upload-modification-details-of-accident-vehicles-on-e-dar-portal/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/kerala-hc-upload-modification-details-of-accident-vehicles-on-e-dar-portal/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports 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. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/