HC verdict on speed limiters yet to be implemented
The High Court (HC) verdict directing the government to take steps to install “speed governor seals” in all modes of public transport to control speed and reduce road accidents was not executed even in the last one year after its delivery.
Advocate Manzill Murshid, a lawyer concerned, yesterday served a legal notice to the home and communications secretaries and BRTA chairman to implement the HC verdict without any delay.
He told The Daily Star that in the failure to implement the verdict, he will file a contempt of court petition against them.
Manzill said the government is yet to notify the motor vehicle owners about the installation of speed limiters in their vehicles which were made mandatory.
He informed that he sent a legal notice to the communications secretary to comply with the HC directives on July 20 last year, but he did not receive any reply from the secretary.
In a judgment on March 10 last year, the HC directed the government to publish a notification in newspapers asking all motor vehicle owners to install the 'speed governor seals' in their vehicles.
It said selling and purchasing of motor vehicles without speed limiters would be declared illegal after March 10, 2009.
If any motor vehicle owner fails to install the speed limiters in their vehicles by March 10, they will be fined Tk 200 for each day since expiry of the deadline and Tk 400 for each day since the date of first fine.
Deputy Attorney General Dr Naima Haider, who stood for the respondents, recently said her office informed BRTA of the HC verdict immediately after its delivery, but she did not receive any follow-up information.
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