Andhra Pradesh Lorry House owners’ Affiliation State common secretary Y.V. Eeswara Rao has appealed to the varied drivers and employees’ associations within the highway transport sector within the State to desist from resorting to agitations on the difficulty of enhance of punishment and wonderful underneath Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita by the Centre.
In a press release, Mr. Eswara Rao stated the Union authorities had taken cognisance of the issues of truckers concerning the supply of 10 years imprisonment and wonderful, underneath Part 106 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, and held an in depth dialogue with the representatives of the All-India Motor Transport Congress, assuring them that the difficulty could be stored on maintain.
Mr. Rao stated the federal government had assured that the choice to invoke Part 106 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita could be taken solely after session with the All India Motor Transport Congress.
Referring to a protest name given by the south zone unit of the All-India Truckers and Drivers Helpline (AITDH) for a “steering down” protest from the evening of January 17, Mr. Rao stated a protest needs to be staged preserving in thoughts its influence and the outcomes it will yield. “Different drivers’ associations have been calling for protests here for an issue which is being tackled by the Centre,” he stated, making an attraction to the representatives of such organisations to not go forward with their proposed agitations and unite underneath the national-level organisation and strengthen its palms.
The lately enacted Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita introduces stringent penalties for hit-and-run incidents within the nation. The legislation specifies that a person inflicting a deadly crash and fleeing the scene with out reporting to authorities might face imprisonment for as much as 10 years together with a considerable wonderful. This marks a major departure from the earlier Indian Penal Code (IPC), the place the punishment for such offences was restricted to a two-year imprisonment.
