SRINAGAR, March 5 -- A Magistrate Court in Jammu and Kashmir recently ordered a traffic cop in Srinagar to pay Rs 1,000 as compensation for issuing an e-challan citing a traffic rule violation against the wrong vehicle
The challan, which imposed a Rs 1,000 fine, was issued after a scooty driver was found not wearing a helmet. However, the challan was wrongly issued against another scooty vehicle bearing a similar number plate.
The scooty owner who was wrongly issued the challan, therefore, contested the traffic ticket.
He prayed for the dismissal of said e-challan and submitted that he wasted time and money in contesting the said challan due to the negligence and mistakes of the traffic department officials.
To decide on the matter, Jud...