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TRAFFIC CHALLAN Services Overview in India
The most avoided, yet most received item is a traffic challan. It is a part and parcel of daily transport life on the road. The word challan has become part of our daily activity. A challan is a kind of acknowledgment receipt. We use challan for the purpose of acknowledgment of the goods, actions, and in case of traffic rules violation for fine. A traffic e challan is sent or issued when a driver violates a set of traffic rules under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The Motor Vehicle Act of 1988 was a comprehensive act that included all road transport-related issues, registration of motor vehicles, granting permission, regulating traffic, insurance norms, and penalties. The act required a vehicle to have a registration number and drivers to have a valid license to drive the vehicle. Though it was a comprehensive act, it lacked proper enforcement. The act had a meager fine amount and violators were willing to pay the fine than amend their ways. Lack of reverence for the law leads to many accidents costing precious lives. Therefore, in 2017 Motor vehicle amendment bill was introduced with the aim to curb road accidents and increase the effectiveness of the traffic rules and regulations. It proposed to increase the penalties and introduce severe penalties for new offences and nuisance that was both harmful and dangerous to the public. The bill proposed the following key amendments: No driving below the age of 18, if caught parents to face 3 years imprisonment. Increment in compensation for the families of the deceased as a result of road accidents. The Bill proposed a cap on 3rd party insurance. The Motor Accident fund was proposed to offer mandatory insurance to the pedestrian for specific accident types. Blacklisting of the contractors on bad condition of the roads. Promoting e-governance and going digital for issuing the learning license and setting a qualification bar for transport license. Aadhaar number seeding with the license. Finally, in 2019 the central government made an amendment to the Act to increase the penalty for the violation of traffic rules citing that it is to save precious lives from road accidents and not to make a profit on the drivers. The purpose of the new act is to make our roads safe and create awareness of the importance of road safety among the youth. The act also added new offences to the list with a heavy penalty with imprisonment up to 3 years on the owner of the vehicle in case of minor driving the vehicle. It increased the penalties for some offences which people did not bother to follow and did not hesitate to pay the penalty. For example: under the old act riding a bike without a helmet was fined Rs 100 and under the new act it is increased to Rs 1000. The new act also rolled out the digitalization of roads and the Regional Transport Department of states. A new and better act was enacted to provide safety and inculcate respect for the law and order of the land in the citizens of this country. Before digitalization, it was the duty of the traffic police to implement the traffic rules and give the challan to the violators. This was not a transparent method as this gave opportunities to corruption and imposition of arbitrary charges for the violation. In recent times, India with the integration of digitalization paved the way for the old and corrupt system to be replaced with more transparent, quick, and easy ways of dealing with a traffic rule violation. It came up with an e-challan. E-Challan is simply an electronic challan that means no paper. It is indeed a green and clean initiative of the government. It tries to put an end to human error in issuing a challan and illegitimacy of the challan. The concept of e-challan was already in use in Mumbai since 2016. Mumbai Traffic Police installed nearly 5000 CCTV with a live stream that monitored the activities of the vehicles on a daily basis. It was completely cashless for 4 years but recently the Mumbai Traffic Police has been allowed to take cash payment for the e-Challans. Since everything is digital and data processing is on a real-time basis the need for a police officer to find an offender is no longer a necessity. With e-Challan in place even if one is caught in violation of traffic rules the driver has an option to pay online and the e-challan will be sent to him on his mobile phone. Followings are some common cause of getting e-challan: Over speeding. Drink and drive. Not stopping at the red light. Driving without proper paperwork. Driving without or expired insurance papers. Driving without a license. Traffic rule violations like not wearing a helmet, seat belt, talking on a mobile phone while driving, etc. Causing unwanted traffic. etc. There are a few questions that will help one to understand the new term e-challan.
Steps To Obtain Relief from traffic challan IN INDIA
- Online Method
- Offline Method
Visit the concerned website of your state’s transport department. You will find a section ‘e-challan payments’ or ‘traffic violation payment’. You will be allowed to choose if you want to pay for violation notices, parking charges, depending upon the type of traffic violation. Then you have to fill in your details and current outstanding amount. Further, make the payment using your credit/debit card or through paytm. Then you have to enter the Captcha Code in the space provided before clicking on ‘submit’. You will then be redirected to a safe page to make the payment.
If you prefer paying challan in an ordinary way, there are several ways by which you can pay offline. You can visit any traffic police station along with the letter for a traffic violation that you were received and then pay the necessary charges directly to the Inspector or Head Constable and take the receipt. If you are caught for any traffic violations on the road, you can pay the traffic police there and then as well.
Estimate Time Required for TRAFFIC CHALLAN
You are required to pay e-challan within 60 days from the day the challan was issued. Nonpayment of challan will lead to challan being sent to the court.
Documents Required for Traffic Challan
Registration Certificate (RC) of Vehicle
Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUC) of the vehicle
Driving License (DL) of the driver
Car insurance policy document of the vehicle
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FAQ
Visit the concerned website of your state’s transport department. You will find a section ‘e-challan payments’ or ‘traffic violation payment’.
You will be allowed to choose if you want to pay for violation notices, parking charges, depending upon the type of traffic violation. Then you have to fill in your details and current outstanding amount. Further, make the payment using your credit/debit card or through paytm. Then you have to enter the Captcha Code in the space provided before clicking on ‘submit’. You will then be redirected to a safe page to make the payment
It is possible to get your fine canceled by paying just Rs. 100 per violation. There is a provision that allows you to get your challan canceled by paying just Rs.100 but only under certain conditions. This applies only to cases where you are fined for not carrying your car documents. If the penalty is charged for traffic violations like over-speeding, dangerous driving, etc; it will attract penalties and challan will not be canceled.
Non-payment of challan will lead to challan being sent to the court. Following which, the vehicle’s owner has to go to the court to pay the fine. In case on-spot challan, a traffic police can never force you to pay instantly although you, on your on will, may clear the penalty on the spot. An order is issued by the court to recover the fine after which, the police administers the recovery process.
If the traffic police harass you, you can visit the nearest police station and lodge a complaint against him.
To dispute a challan, you can visit the traffic cell and explain the situation. You can produce documents supporting your claim. If you are asked to appear in court for the challan, you can raise objection and dispute it by producing evidence in support. Chassis number, your GPS location, vehicle registration number, ownership documents are some proofs that may work.
E-challan is an electronic challan in place of a paper challan. It is a computer-generated challan sent to the offender or the violator of the traffic rule by the traffic police. It is a convenient service from the government. Furthermore, It is efficient and productive for both traffic police and the public.
There are two modes of processing and sending an e-challan. By traffic police or by the automated system through the installed CCTV cameras. Traffic police when it catches the offender make a note of the vehicle number and issues a challan through the handheld e-challan machine and in an automated system, the camera that is installed on the traffic signal monitors the traffic. CCTV cameras capture the traffic rule violation and send an SMS to the registered number with the transport system. The e-challan is issued in the name of the vehicle owner.
To check the e-challan visit the state transport website. Enter the details like an e-challan number or vehicle number to get the e-challan details. The web portal in the name of Vahan and Sarathi is developed by the government to aid the public to transact at ease.
Yes, one should make a payment for the e-challan as they are sent by the state transport authority in the event of a violation of traffic rule or any traffic-related offence.
If an e-challan is unpaid and past due over 60 days, then traffic police make a visit at the registered address to collect the fine in person. An unpaid e-challan attracts legal action and a heavy penalty. Court summons will be issued to appear before the magistrate to give an explanation for the non-payment of the challan. The court may punish with additional fine and imprisonment both.
If a person ignores the court notice and doesn’t make a payment of the e-challan then the driving license is suspended.
How soon one should make a payment of traffic e-challan?
It is advised to make a payment on priority after the receipt of the e-challan. An e-challan has a time of 60 days to make a payment after it is issued.
What are the consequences of a delayed payment of e-challan?
Delayed payment attracts court notice and an additional fine for delayed payment.
The best way to avoid it is to follow traffic rules diligently every day. It may sound impossible but with practice and little change in behavior one can avoid traffic challan. Following tips may help you.
Update: Always be updated with the latest change in the traffic rules.
The habit of punctuality: A punctual person always anticipates his travel time with and without traffic. This helps to ease the anxiety of reaching late and feeling stuck.
Positive mindset: Traffic rules are made to prevent accidents and by following we contribute to safe living.
Important Documents: Always keep a copy of all the relevant documents of the vehicle like, insurance, PUC, and driver’s license handy. If possible keep a digital copy on the mobile phone for quick access.Click here to know about Traffic Challan In Adilabad
