States to respond on high security number plates
Nov 24, 2006 - 11:15:13 PM
, Reviewed by: Priya Saxena
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He contended that despite the scheme having been introduced in 2001, it was yet to be implemented by the central government and the states even after numerous extensions.
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By RxPG News Service,
[RxPG] New Delhi, Nov 24 - The Supreme Court Friday asked 19 states to respond within four weeks to a public interest petition seeking implementation of the central government decision making it mandatory for all vehicles to have high security registration plates.
A bench of Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal and Justices C.K. Thakker and R.V. Raveendran gave final opportunity to the 19 states to file their counter affidavit failing which the chief secretaries would have to personally explain their reasons for not doing so.
The petitioner, Maninderjit Singh Bitta, sought timely implementation of the 2001 decision. He submitted that the underlying object of the high security registration plates was to curb the increasing menace of car thefts and their use in crimes like rape, murder, dacoity and kidnapping. The system, he said, was devised to ensure public safety and security.
It was basically intended to improve security and to assist law-enforcing authorities in tackling road related crimes.
He contended that despite the scheme having been introduced in 2001, it was yet to be implemented by the central government and the states even after numerous extensions.
Bitta sought a direction for implementing the scheme and against diluting the standards of the high security number plates, specially the requirement of chromium-based holograms.
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