New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its unhappiness with a law which provides for a six-month jail term for driving dangerously, a provision which also covers rash driving while talking or listening to radio on mobile phones, and asked the AG to revisit the law after the top law officer conceded that it was inadequate to deal with the "new emperors of the roads".
People caught driving rashly while on their mobiles are usually charged under Section 184 of the Motor Vehicles Act, the AG earlier told the court. The first offence under the law carries a six-month jail term and the second offence a three-year jail term.
A bench, comprising Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan, had earlier sought the AG's views on ways and means to control road accident deaths due to rash driving. Appearing before the court on Wednesday, the AG told court, "... some people drive while putting their mobile phones in the ears as a consequence of which disastrous consequences take place. And the effect is the person gets into misery or he causes miseries to others."
People caught driving rashly while on their mobiles are usually charged under Section 184 of the Motor Vehicles Act, the AG earlier told the court. The first offence under the law carries a six-month jail term and the second offence a three-year jail term.
A bench, comprising Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan, had earlier sought the AG's views on ways and means to control road accident deaths due to rash driving. Appearing before the court on Wednesday, the AG told court, "... some people drive while putting their mobile phones in the ears as a consequence of which disastrous consequences take place. And the effect is the person gets into misery or he causes miseries to others."