A slew of changes will take place for vehicles owners in India from tomorrow regarding the mandatory carrying of vehicles-related documents. In order to push digitisation and prevent harassment of drivers from traffic police officials, Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has notified various amendments in Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 from 1 October, 2020.
Mint take you through these changes in the motor vehicles rules:
1) No physical verification of vehicular documents
All the vehicular documents found validated through electronic means shall not be demanded in physical forms for inspection. It also includes the cases where there is an offence made out necessitating seizure of any such documents. Even e-challans will also be made available on the govt’s digital portal for the perusal of the traffic violators.
2) What if DL needs to be…