What does the law say: Can a traffic policeman take out the keys of your car? Know the rules here

If you see, people prefer to go by their vehicles to go to school, the office, or anywhere else. There are many reasons behind this, but the biggest reason is that it is convenient to travel by your vehicle. But while driving we also have to follow the road traffic rules. If we do not do this then the traffic police can issue us a challan. You must have seen it many times or do you know, it might have happened to you too when a traffic policeman had taken out the keys to your car? Many such cases keep coming to light in which policemen forcefully take out the car keys of people based on their uniforms. In such a situation, it becomes necessary to know what the rules say about this. So let's know about this...

Many times such videos come to the fore or you might have seen it yourself that the traffic police take away the keys of people's four-wheelers and especially two-wheelers. But are they allowed to do so?

What does the rule say?
If a traffic policeman takes out the keys of your car, then you need to know that no traffic policeman can take out the keys of your car. According to the order of the Supreme Court, the Motor Vehicle Act does not give any such right to any traffic policeman. Whether you have broken traffic rules or not.

The rules state that the traffic police can neither arrest you nor confiscate your vehicle documents. Not only this, policemen can neither assault nor misbehave with any driver. This is because they have no authority regarding this.

Generally, people do not know one more thing, but you should know that if the traffic police stops you on the way and asks you to show any document like DL, PUC, RC, etc., then at that time the traffic policeman is in uniform. It is necessary to have.

What to do if someone takes out the key?
If a traffic policeman is taking out the keys of your vehicle, immediately make a video of it and contact the higher authorities. You can talk to the officials with this video on social media or by contacting the office. The traffic constable does not have the right to take out the keys of the vehicle.

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