HC forms panel to check menace of fake driving licence(Times of India,December 11,2009)

New Delhi: With one lakh people dying in road accidents every year in the country, the Delhi High Court has suggested a tough law to check fake driving licence holders and those who issue such licences.
The court has also set up a committee comprising five lawyers and the joint commissioner of police and directed the police to convene a meeting of committee members with insurance companies to have a detailed discussion to sort out the problem on December 14.
While hearing a motor accident case in which the driver had a fake driving licence, Justice J R Midha, in an order, has sent 9 suggestions, submitted by senior counsel Arun Mohan, to the export committee of the ministry of road and transport for consideration.
Advocate Mohan suggested a special cell with an e-mail address to be created to entertain the complaints relating to fake licence holders. Whenever the police registers an FIR against a person for driving with fake licence, particulars of the FIR be entered by the cell in the entry against the information received, the counsel suggested.
He said the cell should prepare a tabulated chart for the information received and look for any pattern within it and take action according to law. The senior lawyer said the details about the offender should be displayed on the website so that the transport authorities in other states can access the information. The cops should maintain a record of e-mails and initiate appropriate action against the offenders and interrogate the owner of the vehicle for allowing a fake licence holder to drive.
He also suggested that MACT should ensure the presence of the driver, the owner and the victim and direct the insurance company to give compensation as immediate help to the victim’s family. The court issued notice to the insurance company and the ministry of road and transport and fixed December 16 as the next date of hearing.

ACTION PLAN

To tackle the menace of fake licences, HC has formed a panel to consider these:
Special police cell for fake driving licences
Control cell to maintain digital records on fake licence
Cell to look for “patterns” to find offenders
Police to weigh option of making information available to transport authority
Frame strict law to provide severe punishment for offenders
Removal of unsafe vehicles and obstructions from the road

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