Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Supreme Court Orders Four-Week Deadline for Accident Database Links
The Supreme Court wants important accident and insurance records to be connected.
It gave the Centre and states four weeks to link four databases.
These include records about vehicles, drivers, accidents and insurance.
States must also upload accident details to the eDAR portal.
Connecting the records could help insurers get accident alerts sooner and make claim processing smoother.
The instructions also cover hit-and-run cases and the PM-RAHAT scheme.
The court criticized some insurers for not following earlier orders and issued contempt notices to some executives.
States that have not set up special investigation teams were also given four weeks to do so.
The case will be heard again on November 27.
The Supreme Court ordered the Centre and states to link VAHAN, SARATHI, eDAR and IIB databases within four weeks.
States were told to upload accident data to the eDAR portal without delay and submit compliance reports by affidavit.
The integration is intended to connect accident reports with vehicle, insurer and prior-claim records, including hit-and-run cases and the PM-RAHAT scheme.
The court issued contempt notices to some insurers’ chief executives over failures to comply with earlier court directions.
States that have not formed Special Investigation Teams were given a final four weeks to do so; the next hearing is November 27.
- Who
- The Supreme Court directed the Centre, state governments and insurance companies.
- What
- It ordered database integration and timely accident-data uploads, and addressed alleged non-compliance by insurers and states.
- When
- The integration and formation of outstanding Special Investigation Teams are due within four weeks; the next hearing is November 27.
- Where
- India.
- Why
- To enable sharing of accident, vehicle, insurer and claims information and streamline motor accident claim processing.
- Databases to be linked
- VAHAN, SARATHI, the Electronic Detailed Accident Report (eDAR) portal and the Insurance Information Bureau (IIB)
- Deadline
- Within four weeks from the court's direction
- eDAR operator
- National Informatics Centre (NIC)
- IIB affiliation
- The Insurance Information Bureau functions under the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
- Additional coverage
- Hit-and-run cases and the PM-RAHAT scheme
- Court action
- Contempt notices were issued to chief executives of certain insurers over compliance failures.
- Next hearing
- November 27 at 2 p.m.