There is one Lok Adalat for traffic fines scheduled for September 13, one hears, but this has nothing to do with the WIAA.
Nitin Dossa, executive chairman, WIAA
The Western India Automobile Association (WIAA), representing four-wheeler and two-wheeler owners, has formally requested the Maharashtra traffic police and the state transport department to organise a Lok Adalat in Mumbai. This with at least one month’s advance notice to vehicle owners and the association. This initiative, the WIAA said, will allow for the settlement of pending fines in a fair and transparent manner, according to a report in this paper.
The motoring body said they are willing to host the Adalat at a suitable venue. This offer was sparked after the WIAA noted that they were receiving calls from within their 80,000-member base in Mumbai, car owners who felt they had been unfairly fined/rcd traffic violation challans. The Adalat, according to the WIAA, will build a bridge between authorities and people. Currently, the latter feel unfairly targeted and are looking at these challans suspiciously with a jaundiced eye, as some of them believe that they have been singled out, as, rightly or wrongly, the cops have a certain ‘target figure’ they must reach when it comes to fines.
There is one Lok Adalat for traffic fines scheduled for September 13, one hears, but this has nothing to do with the WIAA. The Lok Adalats, which are essentially an alternative dispute resolution mechanism to redress grievances outside the conventional court system, will help build bridges and give citizens a ‘voice’. It is so important that our authorities and people work in an atmosphere of trust, co-operation and mutual respect, as that is a vital part of road discipline. If these Adalats can go some way toward resolving these disputes, they should be viewed as an important part of the traffic regulation ecosystem. Let people and ruling authorities chip away at bitterness and a sense of injustice through this avenue.
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