Why is no one seen wearing helmets on Madhya Pradesh roads: High court

BHOPAL/JABALPUR: A division bench of MP High Court asked the principal secretaries of home and transport departments to submit a reply on affidavit in response to a petition filed by a law student stating that lack of enforcement of the compulsory helmet rule for the two-wheeler riders is responsible for majority of deaths in road accidents. He pleaded that if the rule is properly enforced, the casualties in road mishaps could be drastically reduced.
During hearing of the petition, the bench of Chief Justice R V Malimath and Justice Vishal Mishra commented: “Yes, nobody is seen wearing helmets on the roads.”
A student of law Aishwarya Shandilya had filed the petition in the Gwalior bench of MP high court but at the behest of Chief Justice R V Malimath, it was transferred to his bench in Jabalpur for hearing.In her petition, Aishwarya referred to two road accidents in which two-wheeler riders had died and both of them were not wearing helmets. She contended that they would not have died if they were wearing helmets.
She said that the high court and the Supreme Court have declared helmet compulsory for two-wheeler riders besides there is provision for compulsory helmet for anyone riding two-wheeler but the rule is not properly enforced and most of the two-wheeler riders are killed in the road mishap due to injuries in the head, which could be avoided if they were wearing helmets. While asserting that nobody is seen wearing a helmet on the roads, the court issued notices to principal secretaries of home and transport departments seeking their response on affidavit.
Advocate Avadhesh Singh Tomar appeared in the case on behalf of the petitioner.