Motor Vechiles Act to be Ammended to reduce burden on courts

New Delhi Sept 20: In a measure to ease the burden on courts, the law ministry has proposed that state officials may be granted powers of civil courts to deal with petty traffic offenses. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has written to Road Transport Ministry in this regard so that required changes can be done in the Motor Vehicles Act.

Currently, India's judicial system is overburdened with cases which are Pending for years and delaying the delivery of justice. Many of the cases deal with minor issues, but courts still have to spend time on those.



The law ministry has identified some areas where the burden on the courts can be reduced and identified traffic offenses as one of the areas where courts are burdened with insignificant issues such as over jumping of red lights, wrong parking and driving without wearing the seat belt.

Minister has said that these petty cases burden the courts and currently courts have expressed that they have no problem if they transfer the power to local authorities.Resolution of petty disputes outside the purview of the formal court system will contribute to the reduction in pendency and will also lead to decongestion of the court system.