Motor vehicle owners have to download DigiLocker or mParivahan apps so that the officials can access the relevant documents.
In welcome news for motor-vehicle owners, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a circular which states that even if a vehicle owner is not carrying his original vehicle documents with them and has all the documents on DigiLocker and mParivahan apps then the traffic police cannot charge them for a traffic rule violation.
Moreover, even if vehicle owners are not carrying a phone but have all the documents on DigiLocker and mParivahan apps, the traffic police can visit the apps on their device and verify the owner's original documents.
Vehicle owners will no longer be required to carry driving licence, registration certificate and other documents in original. They just have to download DigiLocker or mParivahan apps so that the officials can access the relevant documents.
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This development has come after the Centre had asked states to accept vehicle's documents presented in the 'electronic form' using the two digital platforms.
According to the Centre's advisory, the transport ministry asked state transport authorities to treat documents e-documents on par with certificates issued by the transport commissioner.
The advisory of the Union ministry of road transport and highways asked transport authorities in the states to treat documents presented using the digital platforms par with certificates issued by them.
The DigiLocker platform of the ministry of electronics and information technology and the mParivahan mobile app of the road transport and highways ministry has the facility to access driving licence or registration certificates in an electronic form.
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The central advisory also said that impounding of documents would be reflected electronically through the "eChallan" system.
"Electronic documents will be legally recognised at par with original documents according to the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000. If there is a need to impound of documents, the enforcement agencies can impound electronically through e-challan, which will be reflected in Vahan/Sarathi application database," an official said.
"During the enforcement, it has often been found that vehicle owners/ drivers do not have original documents. This led to their vehicles being seized. But if the vehicle owners/ drivers have e-copy of the documents, there is no need to carry the original documents," said a transport official.
The move will also help to detect stolen vehicles during enforcement.
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