Delhi government has formulated SOPs for taking action against unregistered vehicles

There are cases where vehicles are being driven without a valid registration plate, even if they cause an accident, it would be impossible to trace them. Showrooms are supposed to release vehicles only with registration numbers. The Delhi government has formulated SOPs for taking action against unregistered vehicles found plying on the city roads, in view of rising instances of automobiles being driven without a valid registration plate, said officials.

Law relating re registration in different state: There are twin issues one is unregistered vehicles and the other is requirement of re-registration during inter state transfers. As per the current laws in India, people frequently move from one state to state, are also required to change the registration of their vehicles as they do.

The regulations under Section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, a vehicle owner is not allowed to ply a vehicle in another state for more than 12 months. The vehicle is required to be re-registered in the new state should it exceed that tenure. However, the process to change the registration is lengthy and frustrating. The vehicle owner would be required to first get a NOC from the current state of registration. Following this, the vehicle would be assigned a new registration number after the road tax is paid, on pro-rata basis, to the new state. The refund from the initial state is what consumes the most amount of time to process.

New BH Series: Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has introduced a new “BH” series (Bharat Series) number plate/registration mark for vehicles. This new BH series of vehicle registration will help remove the need to change the registration when the owner moves from one Indian state to another. It is called the new BH (Bharat) Series.

Besides there are various coloured number plates

1. 1. White number plate–for personal use.
   2. Yellow number plate– for commercial uses only and cannot be used for personal uses. The driver should also have a commercial driving permit to drive the vehicle.
   3. Green number plate– for electric cars and buses.
   4. Red number plate– It is a temporary number plate for a brand-new car. It is valid for 1 month only, after which the owner shall need to have a permanent number plate. But some states do not issue temporary number plate.
   5. Blue number plate– vehicles of foreign diplomats only. It shall contain letters like CC (Consular Corps) & UN (United Nations). The number plate shall contain the country code of the diplomat and not the state code.
   6. Black number plate– They are number plates of ‘A’ level luxury hotel transport vehicles.
   7. Number plate with an upward-pointing arrow– It is for military vehicles.
   8. Red number plate with the emblem of India– It was previously used for the President of India and the State Governors. It is currently not in use now.

New Number Plate Rules In India

The road transport department of the union government has already issued new guidelines for displaying registration numbers on vehicles.

1. The temporary number plates of newly registered vehicles will be yellow.
2.   The numbers and letters will appear in red.
3.   Vehicles will have red-coloured number plates with a dealer.
4.   The vehicles with dealers will have letters and numbers written in white.
5.   If you have a number written on a piece of paper and pasted on your vehicle, you will be issued a challan.
6.   Use of regional languages on number plates will not be permitted.

 High Security Number Plate Rules

 Until April 2019, all vehicles sold must come with high security registration plates that antitheft alarms can scan according to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

NEW DEVELOPMENT 

• The Delhi government has formulated SOPs for taking action against unregistered vehicles found plying on the city roads, in view of rising instances of automobiles being driven without a valid registration plate, said officials.
•  According to the SOPs, the first offence of an unregistered vehicle being found on Delhi’s roads will attract a penalty of Rs 5,000 under the Motor Vehicles Act while the second offence will elicit a fine of Rs 10,000, along with imprisonment of a term which may extend to one year.