India: Rail, Road & Cycling

The Motor Vehicles Act of 1988 functions as a critical piece of beneficial legislation, designed to provide immediate financial succor to the dependents of victims of fatal road accidents.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, in a recent decision in Smt. Saroj & Others v. Rajendra Prasad Patel & Others, revisited the meaning of "legal representative" under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

This Article analyses the recent landmark decision of the Hon'ble High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu in case titled Sugandha Sawhney v. Union of India & Ors. wherein the Hon'ble High Court has ordered for reduction of toll to 20% due to the highway being in a bad shape and has reiterated strict implementation of the 60 km toll rule.