Motor Vehicles Laws (2 Volume Set)

Act, 2019 with focus on insurance, entitlement and compensation along with a detailed
Critique on the Motor Vehicles Law (Amendment) A comprehensive examination of the
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
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Description
For one who is a compulsive writer, a request from the Publishers to update the 15 th edition of Kannan &Vijayaraghavan's Motor Vehicle Laws, for its 16th edition, was latched on to with glee. It was way back in 2008 that the then Justice K Kannan (Madras and Punjab & Haryana High Courts) and I got together for the 13 th edition of this work, published then on 31 July, 2008, the day K Kannan became Judge. Thereinafter, this author has had to go solo, for editions in 2012 and 2016 and now in 2019. It is a matter of common knowledge that the motor vehicle population in India has spiraled beyond comprehension. The numbers are mind boggling. Networking of roads has not kept apace, considering the geographical vastness of the land. Transport sector has provided huge employment  opportunities and therefore the need for a Road Safety law has been a felt need for quite some time now. In the past few years, every  now and then, we have seen the spectacle of Road Transport & Safety Bill being introduced in Parliament. A Bill, 2015 was even passed by Lok Sabha, but got referred to a Standing Committee by Rajya Sabha, and allowed to languish and lapse. The focus was on providing safe travel to the users of the public roads. The burgeoning population and the travelling public have necessitated further tweaking of the regulations on a continuing basis. License, Quota, Permit Raj that C Rajagopalachari pejoratively alluded to, continues its hegemony in the dispensing of Permits for transport vehicles. The states were unwilling to yield space while the Centre was keen for a uniform and consistent pattern Pan India. This led to repeated discussions, debates and consultations, with no end in sight for a legislation in tune with the times, to be ushered in. But Narendra Modi 2.0 has done the trick. Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed within a week of its introduction, by both Houses of Parliament, and assented to President of India also on 9th August, 2019. The Amendment Act contains a lot of provisions which are subject to delegated legislation and therefore one awaits a further Notification by the Central Government, as to various dates on which various provisions would take effect from.
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Contents
VOLUME 1
Critique on Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 (No. 32 of 2019)
Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 (59 of 1988)
I.    Preliminary [S. 1 to S. 2(49)]
II.   Licensing of drivers of motor vehicles [S. 3 to S. 28]
III.  Licensing of conductors of stage carriages [S. 29 TOS. 38]
IV.  Registration of motor vehicles [S. 39 to S. 65
V.   Control of transport vehicles [S. 66 to S. 96]
VI.  Special provisions relating to state transport undertakings [S. 97ms. 108]
VII.  Construction, equipment and maintenance of motor vehicles [5.109 to S. 777]
VIII. Control of traffic [S. 112 to S. 138]
IX.   Motor vehicles temporarily leaving or visiting India [S. 139]
X.    Liability without fault in certain cases [S. 140 To S. 144].
XI.   Insurance of motor vehicles against third party risks [5. 745 to S. 164]
VOLUME 2
XII.  Claims tribunals [S. 165 to S. 176].
XIII. Offences, penalties and procedure [S. 177 to S. 210
XIV. Miscellaneous [S. 211 to S. 217A]
Schedule I
Schedule II
India Motor Tariff
Appendix
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Author Details
N Vijayaraghavan, Advocate, High Court of Madras
Sharath Chandran, Advocate, Madras High Court
Foreword by
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Krishan Kaul, Judge, Supreme Court of India
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