{"id":7337,"date":"2024-06-14T21:51:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T16:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/?p=7337"},"modified":"2025-02-17T11:13:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T05:43:26","slug":"plying-motor-vehicles-without-valid-motor-third-party-insurance-is-a-punishable-offence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/en\/2024\/06\/14\/plying-motor-vehicles-without-valid-motor-third-party-insurance-is-a-punishable-offence\/","title":{"rendered":"Plying motor vehicles without valid motor third party insurance is a punishable offence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Section 146 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 requires motor vehicles plying on Indian roads to compulsorily have an insurance policy covering third party risks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to being a legal requirement, having a motor third party insurance cover is an important aspect of being a responsible road user as it provides support to victims in case of accidents or damages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those who drive or allow an uninsured vehicle to be driven without a valid motor third party insurance are liable to be punished, including imprisonment, for violation of the law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Such offenders are punishable under section 196 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>First offence: imprisonment upto three months, or fine of Rs. 2,000 or both;<\/li>\n<li>Subsequent offence: imprisonment upto three months, or fine of Rs. 4,000 or both.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vehicle owners need to check the status of motor third party insurance of their respective motor vehicles and obtain \/ renew their insurance at the earliest, if not done already.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The aforementioned penalty provisions shall be imposed by the enforcement officials on those vehicles which are found to be plying without a valid motor third party insurance cover.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"HI\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"HI\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;\">\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 : <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;\">1885 <span lang=\"HI\">\u0938\u0947 <\/span>1950 (<span lang=\"HI\">\u0907\u0924\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0938 \u092a\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u0926\u0943\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093f) \u0935\/\u092f\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 : <\/span>1857 <span lang=\"HI\">\u0938\u0947 <\/span>1957 (<span lang=\"HI\">\u0907\u0924\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0938 \u092a\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u0926\u0943\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093f) \u092a\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0915 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0918\u0930\/\u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0932\u092f \u092a\u0930 \u092e\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0906\u092a \u0928\u093f\u092e\u094d\u0928 \u0932\u093f\u0902\u0915 \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u0932\u093f\u0915 \u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/s?k=saransh+kanaujia\"><span lang=\"HI\" style=\"color: windowtext;\">\u0938\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0936 \u0915\u0928\u094c\u091c\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0915\u0947\u0902<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matribhumisamachar.com\/2025\/17\/01\/76190\/\"><span lang=\"HI\" style=\"color: windowtext;\">\u0911\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u092c\u0941\u0915 : \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 <\/span><span style=\"color: windowtext;\">1885 <span lang=\"HI\">\u0938\u0947 <\/span>1950 (<span lang=\"HI\">\u0907\u0924\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0938 \u092a\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u0926\u0943\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093f)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Section 146 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 requires motor vehicles plying on Indian roads to compulsorily have an insurance policy covering third party risks. 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