How To Get 75% Cut On Traffic Challan: Explained!
Are you a vehicle owner from Delhi and your vehicle has a lot of pending challans? Well, if you fit the criteria, there is good news for you. Recently, the next date for National Lok Adalat was announced, which is May 10. And at the moment, if you take action quickly, your challan could be settled with a 75 percent or more cut. Before reading ahead, it has to be noted that these cuts will only be offered to challans issued by Delhi Traffic Police.
National Lok Adalat on May 10 for challan reduction
For those who may not be aware, National Lok Adalat is a quicker resolution for all the pending legal disputes, which also include traffic challans. It operates under the supervision of the National Legal Services Authorities (NALSA). National Lok Adalats are organised at intervals in the country to allow for a compromise-based resolution and help people in getting justice quickly.
So, if you are someone who has been issued a traffic challan by the Delhi Traffic Police authorities, you can register for National Lok Adalat and get your challan cut down by 75 percent. All the private and commercial vehicle owners (irrespective of the vehicle's registration state) can get their compoundable offence challans reduced.
Challan eligibility criteria
Now, you may be wondering which type of challans are eligible for this cut by National Lok Adalat. Well, if you have been issued a challan by Delhi Traffic Police for overspeeding, red light jumping, driving without PUC, tinted windows, wrong side driving, no-entry violations, and pillions without helmets, then you can get your challans reduced by 75 percent or more.
As for the challans which are ineligible for reduction, these include non-compoundable offences such as serious criminal acts, paid challans, disposed or transferred challans, cognizance-declined notices, and notices transferred to digital or evening court.
Over the last National Lok Adalats, many people have reported that their challans were reduced substantially. These include cases such as a ₹24,000 challan for speeding, red light jumping, and tinted film, which was settled for ₹6,000. Another case included ₹40,000 commercial vehicle challans getting reduced to ₹10,000. Also, in one case, a ₹44,000 challan was completely waived off by the judge.
How to participate in National Lok Adalat to settle your challan?
The first thing you need to do is check and download all of your challans. Visit – https://traffic.delhipolice.gov.in/notice/lokadalat. This link will only be active from May 5 at 10 AM. After this, download and print your challans and notices. Make sure you do this quickly, as only 60,000 challans/notices are downloadable per day.
Following this, the second step is to confirm your time and venue. The court name and the time slot for your National Lok Adalat hearing will be printed on the downloaded document. Then you have to be present at the assigned court on May 10, 2025.
After this, step three is to be present in front of the judge. You'll have to present your documents in the specified court at the given turn. At this time, the judge will understand your case and could waive off the challan by 50–90 percent. The settlement is done immediately, and the payment can be made on the spot.
It has to be noted that per private vehicle, a maximum of 5 notices and two challans (in total 7) can be settled. Meanwhile, in the case of commercial vehicles, only 2 notices/challans can be settled. Also, if you miss the National Lok Adalat on May 10, then you can wait for the next National Lok Adalat. Also, you can use digital/evening courts to settle challans online and offline with potential discounts.