A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday directed the enforcement officers under the Motor Vehicles department and the police to conduct periodic inspections at night and take coercive steps, including cancellation of fitness certificate of transport vehicles and contract carriages that flout safety regulations and cancellation of driving licence of the drivers of those vehicles.
The Bench comprising Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar also ordered the police to give necessary assistance in case of any obstruction to the discharge of duties of the enforcement officers during the inspections of the vehicles.
The court also directed the enforcement officers and the police to book vehicles violating the statutory safety norms and not to permit such vehicles to proceed with passengers.
