Introduction Of New Number Plate System

The order from the Supreme Court regarding the implementation of the number plates scheme came on a PIL by former Youth Congress president Maninderjit Singh Bitta, seeking implementation of the recommendation of an expert committee set up by the government on the issue. The panel had favoured installation of HSRPs to check organised crimes for which vehicles with fake number plates were rampantly used.

Mr Bitta, who had escaped a deadly attack on his life by Sikh militants in 1993, had floated an Anti-Terror Front and pleaded with the top court to enforce the scheme as vehicles with fake numbers were also used for bomb blasts by terrorists. As per security experts, digital HSRPs are tamper-proof and will help in checking the use of fake number plates in crimes and also in detecting vehicles used for any unlawful acts.

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• 8th Feb, 2012