{"id":30112,"date":"2026-09-29T06:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=30112"},"modified":"2026-09-29T06:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:44:21","slug":"to-recover-fines-link-traffic-challans-to-power-bills-supreme-court-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=30112","title":{"rendered":"To recover fines, link traffic challans to power bills: Supreme Court | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134553855,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/traffic-challan.jpg\" alt=\"To recover fines, link traffic challans to power bills: Supreme Court\" title=\"SC seeks new way to recover traffic fines\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"SC seeks new way to recover traffic fines\">SC seeks new way to recover traffic fines<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday asked govt to adopt an innovative approach to make traffic law violaters pay fines and suggested challans should be linked with electricity bill to force them to pay the penalty or face power disconnection.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Justice K V Viswanathan also suggested that authorities should take steps for blacklisting vehicles with unpaid challans and also block ownership transfers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>&#8220;It is not just sufficient to keep issuing e-challans. Police may issue thousands and lakhs of such e-challans. Question is recovery of fines as sought to be imposed by way of the e-challans&#8230;If people are not paying traffic challans, add it to their electricity dues bill. They&#8217;ll have to pay electricity bills, otherwise the power line will be disconnected. Work it out. In this country, you have to find a way out,&#8221; the bench said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The court was informed that challans of Rs 45,000 crore have been issued but Rs 25,000 crore has been recovered so far.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>It also suggested random checks of vehicles to identify those against which e-challans remained unpaid.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/to-recover-fines-link-traffic-challans-to-power-bills-sc\/articleshow\/134553836.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SC seeks new way to recover traffic fines NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday asked govt to adopt an innovative approach to make traffic law violaters pay fines and suggested challans should be linked with electricity bill to force them to pay the penalty or face power disconnection.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and 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