Summary:
Justice N Anand Venkatesh, who took note of the incident on Monday, ordered notice to State and police administration to explore remedial measures. Whether the police/transport authorities can detain such motor vehicles indulging in dangerous driving on roads and prosecute them even before they cause avoidable accidents? Whether it is time for them to crack the whip to exercise the available powers under Sections 19 to 22 of Motor Vehicles Act, to initiate proceedings to suspend/revoke driving licences of such reckless drivers? Whether it is time for the State government to give its consent to enforce enhanced sentence of 10 years from the present two years for offence under Sec. 304-A of IPC for causing death by dangerous and negligent driving- as the amendment enables, as of now, to serve as serious deterrence?.