In a set of 12 questions raised by the bench, the first of which was for a direction to the central government to reconsider its 2018 notification, raising the speed limit to 120 kmph.
see photosMadras High Court has asked the Center to reduce the high speed limit.
The Madras High Court has quashed the central government’s notification fixing 120 kmph as the speed limit for vehicles plying on highways. A division bench of Justices N Kirubakaran (since superannuated) and Justice TV Thamilselvi struck down the April 6, 2018 notification, which also directed the Center and the state to issue a fresh notification with a lower speed limit. In March this year, the bench passed an interim order on an appeal, seeking compensation of ₹ 18.43 lakh to ₹ 1.50 crore to the appellant – a dentist who suffered 90 per cent disability due to a road accident in April. Had to do 2013 in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu.
The Center justified this by noting better engine technology and better road infrastructure.
In a set of 12 questions raised by the bench, the first of which was for a direction to the central government to reconsider its 2018 notification, raising the speed limit to 120 kmph. The Center in its report justified its action to increase the speed limit, saying that an expert committee was constituted to review the speed limit of motor vehicles keeping in mind better engine technology and better road infrastructure. As per its recommendations, the maximum speed of vehicles on various roads was revised by the Ministry in a notification dated 6 April 2018.
The maximum speed of vehicles on various roads was revised by the ministry in a notification dated 6 April 2018.
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But the present bench observed that though there was an improved engine technology and better road infrastructure, there was no improvement in the compliance of road safety rules by motorists. According to the report released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the number of deaths on the roads will prove that more accidents were happening due to speeding. The bench, in its statement, said that while speeding was a major cause of road accidents, it is not known how improvements in road infrastructure and engine technology will reduce accidents. In fact, better engine technology will always be a cause of uncontrolled speed and thus more accidents.
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