The Supreme Court has refused to hear the mandatory 6 airbags in the car. The petitioner had demanded more airbags in cars citing deaths in a road accident. But the Supreme Court said that this is a policy subject. It is the government’s job to take a decision on this.
The petition of the petitioner named Ravi Bhushan appeared in the bench of Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai and Vinod Chandran of Justice on Thursday, July 24. To the petitioner who is advocating his petition himself, the Chief Justice said, ‘Your demand can be appropriate. But this is not a matter whose court should decide.
The Chief Justice asked the petitioner whether he had given a memorandum to the government. The petitioner said that he had submitted a memorandum to the government on 17 May. On this, the court said that the government should consider it and take a decision.
The petitioner said that in 2022, the Union Ministry of Transport had made 2 airbags mandatory in M1 category vehicles (passenger vehicles from 2 to 8 seats), but it is inadequate. Manufacturers put more airbags in expensive vehicles. Such security should be done in all trains. It is a matter of fundamental rights like equality (Article 14) and Jeevan (Article 21). The Supreme Court should intervene in this and ask the government to issue appropriate orders.