Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to extend the validity of Fitness, Permits, Licenses, Registration or other documents under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 till the 31st of December 2020.
In Belagavi however we are seeing the traffic cops asking for all documents and are imposing a fine when the same is not there. Teams of 5 cops are on the job at various circles?
So if the documents validity is extended and a citizen shows a expired document as per the new notification it is valid till 31/12/2020.
The MoRTH notification says validity of Fitness, so when even PUC cant be asked.
However, insurance is a must be renewed –
the letter issued by MoRTH does not include motor insurance policies, which need to be renewed as per the renewal date. All vehicle owners are advised to get their insurance policies renewed on or before the due date of renewal for the continued validity of the insurance policies.
The Ministry had earlier issued advisories on 30th March and 9th June this year regarding extension of validity of the documents related to Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. It was advised that the validity of Fitness, Permit (all types), License, Registration or any other concerned document(s) may be treated to be valid till 30th of September 2020.
Taking into consideration the situation still continuing due to conditions for prevention of spread of COVID-19 across the country, it has further advised that the validity of all of the above referred documents whose extension of validity could not or not likely be granted due to lock-down and which had expired since 1st of Feb, 2020 or would expire by 31st Dec 2020, the same may be treated to be valid till 31st of December 2020. Enforcement authorities have been advised to treat such documents valid till 31st of December 2020.
Minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted –
To reduce inconvenience due to the following of social distancing norms during COVID-19 outbreak, MoRTH has issued an advisory to all state governments to further extend the validity of the documents related to Motor Vehicles Act 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989, such as Fitness, Permits (All Types), Driving License, Registration or any other concerned documents until 31st of December 2020
with inputs from Adv Bhushan Chaphalkar
Mostly inter state vehicles are targeted,because they are not our vote bank,so Karnataka people are harassed at Maharashtra and vice versa,as if states are independent countries,where is all India one. Even though all papers are clear,they can find fault like your number plate is not in proper place,letters are small,not wearing isi mark helmet,head light paint is not proper etc. let us wait and see,how BJP reduce harrassment of RTO and corruption,after the independence,corruption graph is at peak in India .