Thursday , Nov 26, 2009
Alcohol fuelled revelry on city roads is likely to be a thing of the past soon, with the Delhi Traffic Police claiming in a status report filed before the High Court that it will ensure that the guilty are brought to task.
The report, filed on Wednesday, through senior police counsel Meera Bhatia, reveals that not only will the government take a drunk driver to the Magistrate Court for trial but also "simultaneously" initiate their disqualification process from the Capital's roads before the Transport department.
The double-edged method, as detailed by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic HQ) Prabhakar, is part of an elaborate set of guidelines discussed by the Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) with the Commissioner (Transport), Delhi government.
Earlier on October 7, a Bench led by Chief Justice A P Shah had directed the police to draft guidelines within three weeks.
"When a violator is prosecuted, his or her driving licence shall be taken into possession and forwarded along with the traffic challan to the court. A photocopy of the licence shall be taken to initiate a proposal for disqualification/revocation of driving licence with the Transport department," said the status report filed before the Bench.
In case an offender is caught without a driving licence, the police are free to seize "any other valid document" on the offender — Road Certificate, Transport Permit or Fitness Certificate, said Prabhakar.
This is to "ensure the presence of the violator in court," he added.
If no documents are found on the violator, the vehicle will be impounded.
The police also have the choice of sending proposals for disqualification of a driving licence to the traffic police. The DCP Traffic (VIP) has been nominated as a nodal officer to take up all such cases with the Transport department.
A disqualification proposal from the police to the department should include an authenticated copy of the challan, copies of the driving licence and the breath analyzer report, Prabhakar said. "Transport department shall disqualify the driving licences for a period as per the gravity of the offence. The department has already issued notices to defaulters," the report read.
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