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Penalty doubled to 1000 for driving without licence in Uttar Pradesh

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | By
Jun 05, 2019 02:34 AM IST

The penalty for vehicle without number plate has been increased from ₹300 to ₹500 and if a driver is caught without licence, he will have to pay ₹1,000 (earlier the fine was ₹500).

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday revised the penalty for violation of traffic rules.

The penalty for talking on mobile phone while driving has been hiked from <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>500 to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1000.(HT Photo)
The penalty for talking on mobile phone while driving has been hiked from 500 to 1000.(HT Photo)

It also approved amendment to the Uttar Pradesh Motor Vehicle Rules (1988) to allow portability of vehicle registration number to enable people get their old vehicle number for new vehicles in the same category.

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The penalty for vehicle without number plate has been increased from 300 to 500 and if a driver is caught without licence, he will have to pay 1,000 (earlier the fine was 500).

The penalty for talking on mobile phone while driving has been hiked from 500 to 1000.

The penalty for driving a vehicle without helmet/seat belt will be 500 for first offence and 1,000 for subsequent offences.

The penalty for triple riding on three-wheeler will be 300 for the first offence and 500 for subsequent offences. The penalty for jumping a red light will be 300 for first offence and 500 on subsequent occasions.

The state cabinet, presided over by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, also revised the base price for allocation of most important/important or fancy numbers for vehicles

Briefing media persons about the cabinet decisions, energy minister Shrikant Sharma and health minister Sidharth Nath Singh said portability of vehicle registration number had been allowed following demands from owners of different categories of vehicles.

If the number being ported falls in the category of fancy or important number, 20 per cent of the basic fee applicable for that category will be charged.

The union government has vested the powers of portability of vehicle numbers in the state government that decided to amend the Rule 51 for the purpose.

For the allocation of fancy/important numbers, the base price to reserve them will be different for two-wheelers and four-wheelers.

The base price will be 1 lakh for most attractive numbers, 50,000 for most important numbers, 25,000 for attractive and 15,000 for important numbers.

For two-wheelers, the base price will be 20,000, 10,000, 5,000 and 3,000 for the four categories.

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