E a Aravind Datha v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 30030 of 2024 (MV); Justice B M Shyam Prasad; decision dated 03.04.2025. Petitioner E A Aravind Datha challenged four traffic challans/e-notices issued by Devanahalli Traffic Police under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for parking on Reva College Main Road, citing Regulation 15(2) of the Road Regulations, 1989; petitioner claimed no no-parking signboards existed. Held: petitioner must contest challans before the jurisdictional Traffic Police; writ petition rejected subject to all just exceptions. Keywords: traffic challan, e-challan, parking violation, Article 226, Motor Vehicles Act 1988, Road Regulations 1989.
What did the court decide?
This Court found merit in the respondent's contention that the petitioner, if aggrieved by the Challans, must contest them before the jurisdictional Traffic Police, and accordingly rejected the writ petition subject to all just exceptions