At the risk of Writ Petition, the petitioner sought for the following reliefs to issue a Writ, direction or order in the nature of mandamus and or any other writ, direction or order directing the Respondent No.1, in companysultation with representatives of the Respondent Nos.2, 3, 4, 5 6 and also representatives of other States UTs a to set up fully satisfactory procedures of licensing of vehicles and licensing of drivers, for ensuring that the vehicles are fully equipped with all the safety travel requirements, and also ensure that drivers of private vehicles as well as drivers of public vehicles including buses and trucks, are fully trained and are companypetent to drive the respective types of vehicles, and to also organize high level training arrangements for the drivers of respective types of vehicles appropriate procedures should also be ensured for suspension cancellation of driving licences in the event of any default or for involvement in any accident b to ensure provision of all infrastructural requirements of roads, including signs, signals, footpaths, repairs of roads, and all such other requirements which will help to minimise risks of accidents on the roads c to set up methodology and requirements for undertaking scientific analysis of every accident, for ensuring that similar causes do number recur which can lead to accidents, thereby minimizing the possibilities of accidents d to establish suitable organizations for providing education to all types of users of roads, through experts as well as use of suitably devised visual and audio media e to ensure the availability of ambulances for immediate removal of injured persons to hospitals f to set up Committees of Experts in each State UT and in the bigger cities for dealing with these various requirements for minimization of accidents on the roads to direct Respondent No.1 to formulate a suitable Road Traffic Safety Act to meet effectively the various requirements for minimization of road accidents and to pass such other and further orders as may be deemed necessary to deal effectively with the various matters relating to traffic Safety on the roads and minimization of road accidents, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case.
REPORTABLE WRIT PETITION CIVIL NO.580 OF 2003 Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India K. SEMA,J This petition has been filed in the form of public interest litigation by Common Cause A Registered Society through its Director Shri H.D. Shourie r o A 31, West End, New Delhi.
