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Delhi court directs complete ban on cycle rickshaws by 17 Feb, call them 'menace' to public safety
•A Delhi court has directed the police to ensure a complete ban on 'jugaad' vehicles or cycle rickshaws fitted with modified scooter engines in the city terming these as "menace" to public safety.
GST compensation cess bill tabled in Lok Sabha; replaces ordinance on new tax rates for select motor vehicles
•GST Council meeting on 5 August had recommended a 10 percent increase in maximum rate at which compensation cess can be collected on certain motor vehicles
Court proceedings against cab aggregator Uber put on hold by Delhi High Court
•The Delhi High Court held up the trial court proceedings against Uber India in respect of challaning and impounding of vehicles operating under its banner.
Ola, Uber officials summoned by Delhi court for violation of fare rules, hearing on 11 December
•A Delhi court on Monday summoned as accused app-based cab service providers, including Ola and Uber, for allegedly violating permit rules.
Banning 10-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR out of National Green Tribunal's purview: Centre
•The National Green Tribunal's historic order banning 10-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR "violated" the law and the authority to fix the age of a vehicle lay with the Executive, the government has said.
Laws and order
Overdrive •Does the updated Motor Vehicle Act ignore two-wheeler riders?
Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 gets Cabinet’s approval
Overdrive •New bill proposes to amend 68 of the 223 sections in the existing Motor Vehicle Act
Pay double fine to traffic officials and avoid appearing in front of court
Overdrive •The accused will also have a provision to sign up for community service
NGT cannot ban old diesel vehicles: Government of India
Overdrive •The Government of India’s affidavit states the Motor Vehicle Act doesn’t have a provision to deregister vehicles!
Car driven by a minor in Pune leaves one dead, two injured
Fp Staff •In an incident that took place in Ekbote colony, Ghorpade Peth, in Pune, a 15-year-old boy who was driving a car, ran over three people