Court Flags 'Abnormally High' Motor Vehicle Accidents, Says It Reflects Lack Of Policing: Andhra Pradesh High Court

In a significant public interest litigation concerning road safety, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has strongly criticized the State Government and its law enforcement agencies for failing to implement the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Rule 167A of the Central Motor Vehicles (Seventeenth Amendment) Rules, 2021. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Ravi Cheemalapati was hearing WP(PIL) No.116 of 2024 filed by…