"The mere fact that huge amount of compounding fee having been collected itself would show that the menace of overloading and accommodating more persons than what is required leading to accidents still continue," the First Bench, comprising acting Chief Justice Satish K. Agnihotri and Justice M.M. Sundresh, said.
Citing the statistics given in the counter affidavit filed by the Commissioner of Police, the bench said so far, 10550 cases have been booked for overloading in autorickshaws and 1310 cases for allowing two persons in the driver's seat.
The bench was closing a contempt petition filed by social activist 'Traffic' Ramaswamy seeking punishment for the authorities for not implementing the court order of January 18 last year in which certain guidelines were framed for transporting school children.
In his counter affidavit, the Commissioner submitted that so far an amount of Rs.91,35,110 has been collected as fine and periodical checks made. The traffic offences pertaining to share autos have come down, the Commissioner said in his counter.