Archive · 10 Sep 2026
Telangana High Court Seeks Response on Road Safety Councils
The Telangana High Court is examining a petition about road safety.
The petition says important road safety groups are not working properly.
It also says these groups do not meet regularly enough.
The petition asks the government to carry out scientific checks of roads.
It wants officials and contractors held responsible when roads do not meet required standards.
The petition mentioned a serious crash in Ranga Reddy district.
That crash involved a bus and an overloaded tipper.
The court has asked the Telangana government to respond to these claims.
The Telangana High Court asked the state government to respond to allegations that statutory road safety councils and committees were non-functional or irregularly convened.
A PIL seeks urgent measures to improve road safety and scientific road safety audits.
The plea requests enforcement of Section 198A of the Motor Vehicles Act against authorities and contractors who fail to maintain prescribed road standards.
The petitioner’s counsel cited several major accidents, including the Chevella-Mirzaguda crash in Ranga Reddy district.
The crash involved an RTC bus and a speeding, overloaded tipper that allegedly swerved to avoid a pothole and killed several people.
- Who
- The Telangana High Court, the Telangana government, and petitioner Mohammed Absar Ahmed through his counsel Deepak Misra.
- What
- The court asked the state government to respond to a PIL alleging failures by statutory road safety councils and committees.
- When
- The hearing took place on Wednesday; no specific date was provided.
- Where
- The PIL was heard in Hyderabad, and it cited the Chevella-Mirzaguda crash in Ranga Reddy district.
- Why
- The petition seeks urgent road-safety measures, scientific road audits, and enforcement of Section 198A of the Motor Vehicles Act.
- Court
- Telangana High Court
- Bench
- Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice G. M. Mohiuddin
- Petition
- Public interest litigation seeking urgent road-safety measures
- Main allegation
- Statutory road safety councils and committees were non-functional or irregularly convened
- Legal provision cited
- Section 198A of the Motor Vehicles Act
- Accident cited
- Chevella-Mirzaguda crash in Ranga Reddy district
- Vehicles involved
- An RTC bus and a speeding, overloaded tipper