The Patan High Court has ruled that wearing a wheelie bint is legal for violating traffic rules.
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The Patan High Court has legalized the practice of installing 'wheel locks' on vehicles, including by the city police and traffic police.
The High Court has ruled that wheel locking is legal for violating traffic rules.
A joint bench of Justices Rishi Rajbhandari and Gopal Prasad Bastola dismissed a writ petition filed by law student Vivek Chaudhary and ruled that such a practice is necessary for public interest, traffic management and law enforcement.
The petitioner had claimed that the city police and traffic police had exceeded their jurisdiction by locking vehicles without a clear legal basis and that this had affected the fundamental rights of citizens related to property and movement. He had demanded that the practice be quashed, saying that the right to lock wheels was not clearly mentioned in the Vehicle and Transport Management Act, 2049 BS.
The court ruled that the writ petition should be dismissed, considering that the ‘wheel lock’ is a temporary control measure, considering that the vehicle is left in a place or at a time when parking is prohibited, and that it will disrupt traffic, hinder emergency services, and create a risk to public safety. After this ruling, the act of applying wheel locks will no longer be wrong.
The court ruled that since the wheel lock is removed immediately after the driver comes into contact and only a fine is levied as per the law, it cannot be called an act that exceeds its jurisdiction.
The court ruled that it is the duty of citizens to obey the law as per Article 48 of the Constitution, and that reckless parking itself is a violation of the law.
