SC seeks Centre response on reforms to ease burden of pending traffic fines

SC WAS HEARING A PLEA PROPOSING 'ONE NATION, ONE E-CHALLAN' TO INTEGRATE STATE-LEVEL SYSTEMS TO RECOVER CHALLANS

- Abraham Thomas

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has decided it will scrutinise India's unresolved traffic challan burden, which has soared to a staggering ₹28,844 crore, and has sought the Centre's response on how to evolve a mechanism for the time-bound recovery of the amounts pending with transport departments, the traffic police, and the courts.

In an order passed on March 3, made public on Tuesday, a bench headed by Justice Abhay S Oka felt the need to examine larger reforms while considering an application moved by advocate Kishan Chand Jain, who proposed a "one nation, one e-challan system" with a view to integrate all the different state-level systems set up for the recovery of challans.