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Supreme Court orders tech linkage of fuel sales with vehicle insurance
On August 4, the Supreme Court directed a technology-driven enforcement mechanism that could automatically refuse fuel to uninsured vehicles, calling it 'shocking' that 56% of India's 30.48 crore vehicles, 16.54 crore, lack…
The Story in Brief
On August 4, the Supreme Court directed a technology-driven enforcement mechanism that could automatically refuse fuel to uninsured vehicles, calling it 'shocking' that 56% of India's 30.48 crore vehicles, 16.54 crore, lack valid insurance. A bench of justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra observed that uninsured vehicles cause victims to 'run from pillar to post' for compensation. The court ordered integration of ANPR cameras with the Insurance Information Bureau and VAHAN portal to issue automatic e-challans for uninsured vehicles. Over 4.87 lakh road accidents were recorded in 2024.
The Indian Opinion
The court's common-sense fix sounds neat, but the usual narratives, 'state overreach' versus 'victims left in the lurch', miss the real snag. India's own VAHAN database is incomplete; nearly 56% of vehicles aren't even insured. Will the fuel pump be the policeman, or will loopholes let the uninsured tank up? The question is enforcement: can ANPR cameras and e-challans actually catch 16.54 crore violators without crashing the system?
Source: newindianexpress.com
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