In a bid to make roads safer in the national capital, Delhi Police has prepared a list of around 6,000 history-sheeters and proclaimed habitual offenders for their drivers' licenses to be cancelled.
The decision will be implemented by using Section 19(1) (a) of the Motor Vehicle Act which provides power to licensing authority to disqualify from holding a driving licence or revoke such licence if a licensing authority is satisfied - and after giving the holder of a driving licence an opportunity of being heard - that the concerned person is a habitual criminal or habitual drunkard.
"We have prepared a list and now we are verifying who among those possess a driver's license. A separate team is also looking into their crime record in the recent past," a senior official of Delhi Traffic Police said.
The final decision will be taken depending on the recent crime record of the concerned, he added.
