No insurance, no fuel: Supreme Court proposes linking fuel supply with vehicle insurance

The Supreme Court on Tuesday proposed linking fuel supply with valid vehicle insurance as part of a pilot project to curb large number of uninsured vehicles on Indian roads [National Insurance Co. v. Smt. Thungala Dhana Laxmi & Ors.]. .A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra also directed the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to increase mandatory third-party insurance period for new private cars from three years to four years and for new two-wheelers from five years to six years.The Bench issued a slew of directions after finding that nearly 56 per cent of vehicles on Indian roads do not have valid insurance.