The Supreme Court on Monday (October 7) issued a slew of significant directions aimed at strengthening road safety measures across the country. In a writ petition filed in 2012 by Dr. S. Rajaseekaran, a leading orthopaedic surgeon, the Court directed strict enforcement of helmet use, and measures to curb wrong-lane driving, unsafe overtaking, use of dazzling LED lights, and the unauthorised sale and misuse of red–blue strobe lights and hooters.

The Court further ordered that the complete ban on unauthorised red–blue flashing lights and illegal hooters must be implemented through seizures, market crackdowns, and imposition of penalties.

These directions have been issued by a bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan, considering the recent official figures of th

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