Supreme court to hear plea for scrapping use of red beacon by VIPs

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea for scrapping a rule that allows use of red beacons on the vehicles of high dignitaries, observing that the term ‘high dignitaries’ used for people is contrary to democratic ethos. A bench of justices R M Lodha and Shiva Kirti Singh agreed to look into the constitutional validity of section 108(1) of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, that allows VIPs to use of red beacon lights.