Lawyers strike work over 50% pre-deposit for challan appeals

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Lawyers staging a protest march at India Gate Circle against amended traffic challan rules under Rule 167 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, in New Delhi on September 21, 2026.
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Lawyers across all seven district courts in Delhi abstained from work on Monday (September 22, 2026) in protest against changes to the traffic challan system, particularly the requirement to deposit 50% of the penalty before a person can approach a court.

The day-long protest was called by the Coordination Committee of all district court Bar Associations over amendments to Rule 167 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989.

Advocates assembled at the district court complexes and raised slogans demanding that the Delhi government withdraw the amendment.

Under the revised mechanism, a person issued a challan can either accept it and make the payment or contest it through the prescribed portal before an authority designated by the state government. Such a challenge has to be filed within 45 days.

The lawyers have opposed the provision allowing a person to approach a competent court against an order of the designated authority only after making the mandatory pre-deposit.

The lawyers have also questioned the role given to the Executive in deciding a challenge before the matter can be taken to court, arguing that determining a dispute over a traffic violation is essentially a judicial function.

They said the mandatory pre-deposit could place an additional financial burden on those contesting a challan and potentially discourage them from seeking judicial redress.

The advocates also raised concerns about the digital nature of the new mechanism, pointing to difficulties it could create for people unfamiliar with online systems, including commercial and truck drivers.

They further contended that the procedure could leave limited opportunity for a person to place the circumstances surrounding an alleged traffic violation before approaching a court.

The district court Bar Associations flagged the amendments to Rule 167 in a circular issued on September 20, 2026.

Published – September 22, 2026 12:10 am IST

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Delhi Court Rejects Arvind Kejriwal’s Plea For 2 Additional Meetings With Lawyers

admin — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:52:09 +0000

Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the ED in a money laundering case linked to the excise policy.

New Delhi:

A court here on Monday rejected an application filed by jailed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking directions to the prison authorities for granting two additional meetings with his lawyers through video conferencing.

Special Judge Kaveri Baweja noted that as per the plea, Kejriwal is facing around 30 litigations across the country and on the grounds of the right to a fair trial, he requires two additional meetings with his lawyers through video conferencing (VC) to discuss the cases.

“It is not in dispute that a similar application filed by the applicant (Kejriwal) seeking the same relief i.e. additional legal meetings with his lawyers was dismissed by this court vide a detailed order dated April 10, 2024,” the court said.

It said the present application disclosed no new or fresh reasons to take a view different from the earlier order.

“Counsel for applicant has failed to convince the court as to how the applicant is entitled to two additional legal meetings through VC on the same grounds which have been discussed and dealt with in the earlier order,” the court said.

It said during the arguments, Kejriwal’s counsel was asked to withdraw the application and to move a fresh application with additional or fresh grounds, if any, which the advocate refused.

“Thus, having considered the submissions made and the observations already made vide order dated April 10, 2024, I see no reason whatsoever to allow the application under consideration,” said the judge dismissing the plea.

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