Maharashtra: 2-wheelers to be sold with two helmets

According to a media report, every new two-wheeler in the state of Maharashtra will be sold with two helmets.

The report states that the Transport Commissioner of the state has issued a letter to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) stating that it will be mandatory for OEMs to provide two BIS-standard helmets to customers at time of sale of two-wheelers in the state. Failing to do so could result in a blanket ban on the registration of two-wheelers in the entire state.

The Maharashtra High Court Nagpur Bench found that manufacturers have been violating laws and were not supplying helmets at the time of sales as prescribed by the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. The court then directed the Transport Commissioner to ensure that prescribed ISI-marked helmets were being supplied by the manufacturers.

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