NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has banned the use of red beacon light with flashers on all vehicles except those used by high dignitaries holding constitutional post.
In a judgement delivered on Tuesday, an apex court bench also asked the government to make appropriate amendments in the Motor Vehicles Act to make the fine amounts a deterrent.
The SC also banned pressure horns, multiple sound emitting horns and musical horns in vehicles.
A bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi asked the Centre to issue a fresh
list of people eligible for using red beacon on their vehicles and
asked the government to amend the rule within three months. The bench also said the state governments cannot enlarge the list of VIPs eligible for red beacon.
The court passed the order on a PIL filed by Uttar Pradesh resident Abhay Singh on misuse of red beacon.
Earlier, the bench had said that misuse of red beacon and siren, granted by government to VIPs, was a menace to society and it must be stopped.
It had said the red light has become a status symbol and that police personnel, who are put on duty for giving security cover to VIPs, should be deployed for better purposes like making the roads safe for women.
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