Delhi Traffic Police with a frequency of some months holds Traffic Lok Adalats, like were held on 13.07.2019 in various District Courts scattered in different parts of capital city of India. Here all pending traffic-challans are settled on the spot on a fraction of original traffic-fine. But it all depends at discretion and mercy of judges conducting these Lok Adalats. In some cases, judges settle for amount as low as rupees fifty for same normal offence like of improper parking or jumping red light, while most others get settled fine of rupees one hundred. At times, judges settle for even increased amount exceeding normally settled rupees one hundred.
Such discretionary power given to judges settling same offence with different amounts is highly unjustified. Delhi Traffic Police should instead replace the system by settling traffic-challans on fixed dates at any police-station in Delhi area on a discounted offer of say 25-perecent so that a traffic-challan of rupees 600 may be uniformly settled at rupees 150 rather than ranging from rupees 50 to 300 or even more at mercy and discretion of settling judges.
MADHU AGRAWAL