India to Add Unpaid E-Challans to Electricity Bills

India's Supreme Court has suggested linking unpaid traffic fines to electricity bills as authorities look for ways to recover a sizeable backlog of e-challan dues.

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• The court additionally suggested blacklisting such vehicles on the Parivahan portal, withholding Pollution Under Control certificates, conducting random checks, and potentially impounding vehicles with outstanding fines.

In practice, the suggestion was created by a bench comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K.V. Viswanathan during a hearing on the recovery of unpaid traffic fines. Alcoholic Monkey Breaks Into Liquor Shop in India.

Notably, the court stressed that issuing e-challans was not enough and that authorities needed effective mechanisms to collect the penalties.

While concerning INR 25, 000 crore had already been recovered, the court was informed that around INR 45, 000 crore in e-challan fines remained subject to recovery throughout Indian states and union territories.

Meanwhile, a number of other measures were additionally discussed, including blocking the renewal of vehicle registration certificates, ownership transfers, fitness certificates, and driving licenses for vehicles with unpaid challans. US Journalist Exposes Cheap Indian Propaganda Against Pakistan.

Notably, the court additionally suggested blacklisting such vehicles on the Parivahan portal, withholding Pollution Under Control certificates, conducting random checks, and potentially impounding vehicles with outstanding fines.

Notably, the court clarified that adding traffic fines to electricity bills was only a suggestion created during the hearing and was not an order for implementation. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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