October 9, 2019
Traffic offences can be penalised under IPC: Supreme Court
Source: thehindu.com Stressing the need to strictly punish offenders responsible for causing motor vehicle accidents, the Supreme Court has reiterated that a person can be prosecuted under both the Motor Vehicles (MV) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for driving dangerously. A Bench of Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna noted that there