Habitual traffic offender told to do 15-day community service
In a significant judgment, Sachin Yadav, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandigarh, has directed a habitual traffic violator to do community service for 15 days.
The offender, Deepak, has been directed to report to the reader of the Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic and Security) on February 10 at 10 am, who would assign him duty with a traffic inspector at a traffic signal. Deepak would assist the traffic department by working as a volunteer in ensuring that the traffic rules are followed by the public. He will be assigned daily two-hour duty for 15 days.
The CJM court further directed that after 15 days the attendance chart of the violator along with the report of his community service be submitted to the court. The court has noticed that 219 challans pertaining to Deepak’s car are pending against. The violator appeared before the court and submitted a copy of show-cause notice dated January 20, 2025, issued to him by the Registration and Licensing Authority, Chandigarh.
The order says that the applicant has pleaded guilty to all the violations. He was asked the reason for committing so many violations but he could not give satisfactory answers.
Perusal of the violations show that there are 44 red light jumping violations, 168 driving at faster speed, eight road marking violations, one wrong parking and one violation for using dark tinted film.
The court in the order says that no emergent situation would give right to a person to commit repeat violations of similar nature.
Overspeeding on road and jumping red light are serious offences, which can be dangerous to the life of the offender as well as other road users. So many repeat violations show that the violator does not understand traffic rules and is not competent to drive. Such a violator needs to undergo driving test again to get a new driving licence from the concerned licensing authority before driving the vehicle on the road.
The court says that as per the Motor Vehicles Act, in such circumstances driving licence of the violator is revoked. It adds that the vehicle is impounded and be kept at Traffic Lines, Sector 29, Chandigarh, as it cannot be returned to the to the violator because his licence has been revoked.
The court says a total fine of Rs 43,400 for various violations has also been imposed.
