Kerala High Court orders more Speed Violation Detection Systems at accident-prone spots

12 November 2026

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has directed the Transport Commissioner to find the places in the State where speed violations and accidents happen most often and to install additional Speed Violation Detection Systems there. The Commissioner must file a report naming those locations, the systems proposed and a timeframe for the expansion. The Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K V Jayakumar is hearing a suo motu case titled In Re: Road Safety in Kerala, numbered WP(C) 35016 of 2026, against the Chief Secretary and others. The Additional Advocate General was asked to coordinate the agencies involved, and the Director General of Police was told to nominate an officer to the Steering Committee. The Transport Commissioner must also draw up a full enforcement protocol with monitoring and follow-up built in. The Court said the Public Works Department's affidavit did not answer its questions properly, and gave the National Highways Authority of India and NATPAC three more weeks to reply. The case comes up again on 30 November.