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Supreme Court tells states & UTs to frame road safety policy by January 2018

Team SoOLEGAL 1 Dec 2017 11:46am

Supreme Court tells states & UTs to frame road safety policy by January 2018

The Supreme Court has issued a slew of directions on road safety and asked all states and union territories (UTs) to set up a road safety policy by 31 January, 2018 and implement with all seriousness.   

The states in question are Delhi, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Andaman and Nicobar islands.

A bench headed by Justice M B Lokur also asked the states, which have not formulated the Road Safety Policy, to frame it by January 31 next year and implement it "with all due earnestness and seriousness".

The apex court also directed that road safety education and counselling should be made a part of school curriculum by the State Boards by April 1, 2018 and at least one trauma care centre set up in every district with an ambulance.

"The State Governments and Union Territories should take up this recommendation at the earliest since it is on record that treatment soon after a road accident is crucial for saving the life of the victim," the bench, also comprising Justice Deepak Gupta, said.

The directions of the bench came on a petition filed by Coimbatore-based surgeon S Rajaseekaran which was treated as a PIL by the apex court.

It ordered the states and the UTs to constitute Road Safety Councils by January 31, 2018 for periodic review of the laws and take remedial steps if needed. [Source: TOI] 



Tagged: Supreme Court   Road Safety Rule   Justice   Union Territories   Trauma Centre  
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