{"id":39388,"date":"2015-10-12T09:46:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T09:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=39388"},"modified":"2015-10-12T09:46:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T09:46:21","slug":"drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2","title":{"rendered":"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37867\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37867\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-court-reduces-mans-jail-term-to-one-day\/driver\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"driver\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37867 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"p-content\">A Delhi court has sent a 22-year- old youth to three days in jail in a drunk driving case, with an observation that consumption of alcohol makes automobiles &#8220;death traps&#8221; and drunken drivers &#8220;lethal weapon&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>District and Sessions Judge Rekha Rani passed the order on an appeal filed by one Gaurav Singh against a magisterial court&#8217;s order by which he was convicted and awarded jail term along with a fine of Rs 4,500, for the offence committed under provisions of Motor Vehicle Act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consumption of alcohol impairs vision, focus, reflexes, consciousness, coordination, which make automobiles &#8216;death traps&#8217; and the drunken drivers &#8216;lethal weapon&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Freedom and responsibility go hand-in-hand as declared by our Constitution. Those who flout responsibility forfeit their right to freedom,&#8221; the judge said, adding, &#8220;Any leniency shown to drunken drivers would be at the risk of further proliferation of the road accidents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Singh, who had pleaded guilty before the trial court, claimed in the sessions court that he had never consumed alcohol and that he was falsely implicated by the traffic police.<\/p>\n<p>The sessions court, however, said that &#8220;the appellant (Singh) was convicted on his plea of guilty and perusal of the trial court record shows that appellant was duly explained the nature of offences he allegedly committed and also the fact that he can be sentenced to jail term on his plea of guilty&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Human life is precious and road users have fundamental right to life and liberty guaranteed by Article 21 of our Constitution,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>In its order, the sessions court also noted that Singh was not only badly drunk, exceeding the prescribed limit under the law by over 13 times but he was also driving vehicle without any licence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Drunken driving has become a menace, which may cause injuries, disabilities, fatalities having devastating effect on the victims and their kin. It also causes colossal loss in terms of economy of State,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecution, Singh was driving a two- wheeler on May 15, 2015 under the influence of liquor.<\/p>\n<p>He was also unable to show registration certificate, valid driving licence and valid insurance on checking, it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court has sent a 22-year- old youth to three days in jail in a drunk driving case, with an observation that consumption of alcohol makes automobiles &#8220;death traps&#8221; and drunken drivers &#8220;lethal weapon&#8221;. District and Sessions Judge Rekha Rani passed the order on an appeal filed by one Gaurav Singh against a magisterial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38299,"featured_media":37867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[84],"tags":[146,229,34136,31987,117,80],"class_list":["post-39388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criminal-law-news","tag-court","tag-delhi","tag-drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-delhi-court-court","tag-featured","tag-law","tag-legal-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-12T09:46:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"275\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"183\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\"},\"headline\":\"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-12T09:46:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2\"},\"wordCount\":380,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/driver.jpg?fit=275%2C183&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Court\",\"Delhi\",\"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court: Court\",\"featured\",\"Law\",\"Legal News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Criminal Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2\",\"name\":\"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/driver.jpg?fit=275%2C183&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-12T09:46:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/driver.jpg?fit=275%2C183&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/driver.jpg?fit=275%2C183&ssl=1\",\"width\":275,\"height\":183},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Criminal Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/criminal-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\",\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/news\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court","description":"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court","og_description":"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2015-10-12T09:46:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":275,"height":183,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2"},"author":{"name":"Legal India News","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26"},"headline":"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court","datePublished":"2015-10-12T09:46:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2"},"wordCount":380,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?fit=275%2C183&ssl=1","keywords":["Court","Delhi","Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court: Court","featured","Law","Legal News"],"articleSection":["Criminal Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2","name":"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?fit=275%2C183&ssl=1","datePublished":"2015-10-12T09:46:21+00:00","description":"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court : Legal India provides legal news and information related to law.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?fit=275%2C183&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?fit=275%2C183&ssl=1","width":275,"height":183},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court-2#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Criminal Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Delhi court"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26","name":"Legal India News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/news"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?fit=275%2C183&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38428,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-makes-automobiles-death-traps-court","url_meta":{"origin":39388,"position":0},"title":"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Court","author":"Legal India News","date":"July 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A Delhi court has sent a 22-year- old youth to three days in jail in a drunk driving case, with an observation that consumption of alcohol makes automobiles \"death traps\" and drunken drivers \"lethal weapon\". District and Sessions Judge Rekha Rani passed the order on an appeal filed by one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Drunk driving makes automobiles death traps: Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/jail.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":41109,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/stern-sentence-should-be-imposed-on-drunk-drivers-delhi-court","url_meta":{"origin":39388,"position":1},"title":"Stern sentence should be imposed on drunk drivers : Delhi Court","author":"Legal India News","date":"January 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The menace of drunken driving has increased alarmingly and severe sentence should be imposed to curb the offence, a Delhi court has observed while noting that the convict has to undergo a jail term. \"The menace of drunken driving has assumed alarming proportions and one of the ways to curb\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Stern sentence should be imposed on drunk drivers : Delhi Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":48008,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-court-refuses-set-aside-mans-jail-term","url_meta":{"origin":39388,"position":2},"title":"Drunk driving: Court refuses to set aside man&#8217;s jail term","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"April 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A Delhi court has refused to set aside the jail term of a man held guilty of drunken driving, saying inebriated drivers only add up to an already acute problem. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar denied the relief to a south Delhi resident, who was sentenced to five-day jail term\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Drunk driving: Court refuses to set aside man's jail term","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24930,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/20-days-jail-for-drunk-driving-for-drunk-driving","url_meta":{"origin":39388,"position":3},"title":"20 days jail for drunk driving for drunk driving","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"December 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A man held guilty for drunk driving has been sentenced to 20 days imprisonment by a Delhi court, which said that he did not deserve any leniency as he was endangering not only his life but also that of others. Dismissing the appeal filed by the South West Delhi resident\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38618,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunken-driver-is-like-suicide-bomber-court","url_meta":{"origin":39388,"position":4},"title":"Drunken driver is like suicide bomber: Court","author":"Legal India News","date":"August 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A drunk driver is like a suicide bomber, who has set out to kill himself as well as other road users, a Delhi court has observed while proposing that a stringent punishment should be awarded to offenders. \"It won't be inappropriate to say that a drunk driver is like a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Drunken driver is like suicide bomber: Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/driver.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":37551,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/drunk-driving-by-youth-court-calls-for-deterrent-punishment","url_meta":{"origin":39388,"position":5},"title":"Drunk driving by youth: Court calls for deterrent punishment","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"April 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A court here has upheld the jail term of a 22-year-old youth in a drunk driving case, saying that \"a young person if spared of adequate punishment at this stage may not realise consequence of the wrong done by him.\" Special Judge Narottam Kaushal made the observation while dismissing a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Drunk driving ","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/Drunk-driving.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-afi","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}