📝 Section 95 – Offences by Owners for Employing Unfit Vehicles
📘 Chapter V – Control of Transport Vehicles
📝 Section 95 – Offences by Owners for Employing Unfit Vehicles
(अनुचित / unsafe vehicles का उपयोग करने पर मालिक की जिम्मेदारी)
📜 Section 95 का उद्देश्य
Section 95 यह सुनिश्चित करता है कि:
✔️ Vehicle owners केवल fit / roadworthy vehicles ही operate करें।
✔️ Unsafe / unfit vehicles का प्रयोग करने पर owner liable हो।
मतलब: Vehicle condition और maintenance की जिम्मेदारी owner की होगी, ताकि public safety सुनिश्चित हो।
🔶 Section 95 – मुख्य प्रावधान
📌 1️⃣ Applicability
- Passenger vehicles (Stage / Contract Carriage, Omnibus)
- Goods carriage vehicles
- Hazardous goods vehicles
📌 2️⃣ Owner Liability
- Unsafe / unfit vehicles चलाने पर owner liable
- Vehicle fitness certificate mandatory
- Regular maintenance और inspection required
📌 3️⃣ Penalties / Punishments
- Fine / penalty owner पर
- Vehicle seizure / permit suspension / cancellation
- Repeated violation → stricter legal action
📌 4️⃣ 2019 Amendment के बाद बदलाव
- e-Inspection और digital fitness certificate
- GPS tracking से real-time vehicle condition monitor
- Stricter enforcement for hazardous goods / passenger vehicles
⚖️ Section 95 का कानूनी महत्व
- Vehicle safety सुनिश्चित
- Passenger / goods / public safety protect
- Owner accountability और compliance enforce
- Unsafe vehicles को road से हटाने में मदद