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New Delhi, Jan 14: The\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Court<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>ordered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Centre<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>investigate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whether\u00a0<\/span><\/span>annual\u00a0<\/span>increases\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compensation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>possible\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cases\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fatalities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>serious\u00a0<\/span>injuries\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resulting\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hit-and-run\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accidents<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>April\u00a0<\/span>22,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>postponed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>matter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>further\u00a0<\/span>review\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>directed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>suitable\u00a0<\/span>conclusion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>within\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eight\u00a0<\/span>weeks.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>highest\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pointed\u00a0<\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Motor\u00a0<\/span>Vehicles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(MV)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1988\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stipulates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>compensation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fatalities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hit-and-run\u00a0<\/span>accidents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shall\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>given\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>least\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span>2\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lakh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>higher\u00a0<\/span>amount\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>central\u00a0<\/span><\/a>government<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>specify,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compensation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>serious\u00a0<\/span>injuries\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shall\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>given\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>least\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span>50,000.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>highest\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>further\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ordered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>notify\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>relatives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>those\u00a0<\/span><\/span>killed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>kinds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accidents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MV\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compensation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>programme.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>ruling,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>consisting\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>S\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Oka\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pankaj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mithal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>observed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Road\u00a0<\/span>Transport\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Highways\u00a0<\/span><\/span>year-by-year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>records,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>55,942\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hit-and-run\u00a0<\/span><\/span>incidents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2016\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compared\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>67,387\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2022.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Records\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Road\u00a0<\/span>Transport\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Highways\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Government\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2016\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2022\u00a0<\/span><\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>clear:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2016,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>55,942\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hit-and-run\u00a0<\/span><\/span>car\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accidents;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2017,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>65,186;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2018,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>69,621;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2019,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>69,621.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accidents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fell\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>COVID-19\u00a0<\/span>era,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>took\u00a0<\/span><\/span>note\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>response\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Sabha<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>March\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>roads\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>transportation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201cThe\u00a0<\/span>answer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>records\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>last\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span>years,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>660\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deaths\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hit-and-run\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cases,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>113\u00a0<\/span><\/span>injury\u00a0<\/span>cases\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compensation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>184.60\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lakh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>disbursed,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>noted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span>12\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruling.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>evident\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>very\u00a0<\/span>few\u00a0<\/span><\/span>victims\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>benefited\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>aforementioned\u00a0<\/span>scheme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compare\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hit-and-run\u00a0<\/span><\/span>road\u00a0<\/span>accidents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cases\u00a0<\/span><\/span>filed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compensation,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>statement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>observed\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>victims\u00a0<\/span><\/span>might\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>informed\u00a0<\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>existence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>compensation\u00a0<\/span>plan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>causes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>time,\u00a0<\/span>money\u00a0<\/span><\/span>loses\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>worth.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>give\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>central\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>instructions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>investigate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>possibility\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>yearly,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>progressive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>increases\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>compensation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>amounts.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>supreme\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>federal\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>decision\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>matter\u00a0<\/span><\/span>within\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eight\u00a0<\/span>weeks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>today.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>considering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>comments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>subject\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MV\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>effective\u00a0<\/span>execution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regarding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>payment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compensation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hit-and-run\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accident\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cases,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>decision.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>top\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>request\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>enforcement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>traffic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>safety\u00a0<\/span>regulations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>ruling,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>highest\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terms\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sub-section\u00a0<\/span>(3)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>section\u00a0<\/span>161\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MV\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Compensation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Victims\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Run\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Motor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Accidents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheme,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2022\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>brought\u00a0<\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>existence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>effect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>April\u00a0<\/span>1,\u00a0<\/span>2022\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>succeeded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Solatium\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheme,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1989.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>noted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>programme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provides\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>setting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>standing\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district\u00a0<\/span>level\u00a0<\/span><\/span>committees.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span>further\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mentioned\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>main\u00a0<\/span>responsibility\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>central\u00a0<\/span><\/span>standing\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>conduct\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regular\u00a0<\/span>reviews\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>scheme’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“To\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guarantee\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>every\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eligible\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>plan’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>benefits\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>encouraged\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>take\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advantage\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>standing\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>investigate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>reasons\u00a0<\/span><\/span>why\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>scheme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span>implemented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>corrective\u00a0<\/span>action\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taken.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>standing\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>recommend\u00a0<\/span><\/span>changes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scheme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>executed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>properly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stipulated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>standing\u00a0<\/span>committee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>provide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>detailed\u00a0<\/span>guidelines\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>raising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public\u00a0<\/span>awareness\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>programme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sensitising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it.<\/span><\/span><\/span> 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