The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday directed the Punjab government to launch a pilot project for online payment of traffic fines in Mohali district as part of efforts to ease the burden on trial courts.

The division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry issued the direction on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Akshit, seeking integration of Punjab into the national virtual court platform for the settlement of traffic challans.

Akshit filed the PIL, through advocate Kanav Goyal, at the beginning of this year, highlighting difficulties faced by violators who, despite the surge in e-challans following the 2019 amendments to the Motor Vehicles Act, must still appear physically in courts or offices to pay their fines. It pointed out that the national por

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