owner of a private bus, Nirankar Singh claimed that he h been issued a fine of Rs 500 allegedly because driver was "t wearing a helmet". Nirankar Singh said online challan was me on September 11, and one of his employees checked it on Friday. Singh said he would be contesting penalty in court if needed. city-based transporter said his son looks after transport business and y have about 40-50 buses, which are engd with schools and private companies in ida and Greater ida.

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Private bus owner on challans

"My concern is that such a mistake reflects poorly on Transport Department," Singh told PTI. "It raises questions on working of such a responsible department and makes people wonder about aunticity of or hundreds of challans being issued daily."

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"I will be taking up matter with concerned officials tomorrow and will approach court of law if need be," he ded. Officials, meanwhile, said matter was being looked into and an error, if any, would be rectified. " challan was issued by an official of Transport Department and t ida traffic police," official ded. same bus, according to officials, h been earlier penalised four times for seat-belt violation. Singh contended that if it was a seat-belt offence n challan should mention seat belt and t helmet. "If re is any error on our part, we will pay penalty for that, but it has to be genuine," he said. challan was issued under provisions of new Motor Vehicles Act. Transporters in National Capital Region h went on a strike on Thursday to protest high rates of penalties under amended law. 

Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019

Bill came into effect from September 1 and it was approved by President of India.  government has tified 63 clauses that deal with penalties, licences, registration and National Transport Policy, among ors. Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill will tighten ro traffic regulations such as allotment of driving licence and impose stricter penalties for violations in an attempt to improve ro safety. Bill also increases minimum compensation for hit and run cases. In case of death, from Rs 25,000 to two lakh rupees, and in case of grievous injury, from Rs 12,500 to Rs 50,000.

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In dition, Bill also allows Central government to order for recall of motor vehicles if a defect in vehicle may cause dam to environment, or driver, or or ro users. New penalties have been prescribed for carrying of excess passengers, failure to use safety belt and violation of rules in seating of children, violation of safety measures for motorcycle drivers and pillion riders, refusal to stop and submit vehicle for weighing, use of phones in silent zones and failure to allow free pass to emergency vehicles. Besides, new rules enable state governments to designate any person or ncy as enforcement ncy to detect and impose a penalty on overloed vehicles.

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(With PTI Inputs)