Delhi govt can’t seal illegal driving schools: CBI tells court

The Delhi government has no statutory power to seal unauthorised motor driving schools which have mushroomed in the Capital due to lack of stringent law, CBI has told a court. CBI, which was directed by Delhi High Court to probe the alleged nexus between Delhi Transport Authority and the driving schools, in its report highlighted the laxity in the provisions of the 1988 Motor Vehicle Act. 

“Transport department has no power either to seal or impound unauthorised schools. The absence of specific stringent penal provision in Motor Vehicle (MV) Act resulted in mushrooming of unauthorised motor driving training schools (MDTS),” CBI told Special Judge Vinod Kumar. The probe agency said there was no provision prescribed specifically in the MV Act to take action against unauthorised MDTS, barring a liberal fine of Rs 100 against such vehicles.