Khushi Doshi
Published on: March 5, 2022 at 11:49 IST
The Madras High Court has directed the Government to effectively implement the Motor Vehicles Act to Prevent Minors and Underage Individuals from Driving Motorised Two-Wheelers or Four-Wheelers.
Justice S Kannammal wished that Government agencies would find ways and means to prevent Adolescent Drivers from becoming involved in untoward incidents of Motor Vehicle Accidents and suffering silently in the future.
Expressing concern over Underage Driving, the Madras High Court has directed the government to effectively implement the Motor Vehicles Act to prevent Minors and Underaged Persons from driving Motorised Two-Wheelers or Four-Wheelers.
Justice S Kannammal hoped that the Law Enforcement Agencies would find ways and means, so that there may not be any such recurrence of the adolescent getting entangled in untoward incidents of Motor Vehicle Accidents and suffer silently.
“This Court also takes Judicial Notice of the fact that Juvenile Driving is on the rise in our State (Tamil Nadu) and it is not encouraging. Innocent lives are being lost or impaired at a Young Age, much to the chagrin of the Lawmakers and the Society as a whole,” the Judge said.
Rejecting Irfan’s plea in September 2010, when he was a minor and was driving a two-wheeler when he was involved in a road accident and suffered serious injuries. He filed a claim with the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal in Mumbai, which denied his request for Rs 7 lakh in compensation from the New India Assurance Company in 2017.
As a result, the Current Appeal. Turning down the Plea, the Judge stated that, while the Court sympathises with the Appellant for his injuries, it will not be a basis for it to recognise or sanction his actions in riding the two-wheeler while he was a minor.
“When the Appellant himself is a Tort-Feasor, he is not entitled to maintain the claim Petition at all. Therefore, this Court is of the view that there is no Legal infirmity in the order of dismissal passed by the Tribunal,” the Judge said.
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