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After coming into force of the recent amendment to the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (MV Act), imposing hefty penalties for various offences under the provisions of MV Act much is said about it both ways. The surprising thing is that the police have become very active in inspecting the documents of the vehicle, cartoonists have become active in projecting the imposition of penalty in different lighter moments but the road users continue to be careless till they themselves are actually caught and made to cough up the fine. The police have become so active that the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore has already warned off heavy penalty if a vehicle is found parked right in front of the house of that vehicle owner. In this write up I would like to examine the social and legal aspects of the amendment. It is true that the penalty being imposed is very much on the higher side. But, one should realise that it is not being collected as a source of revenue for the State but as a penal provision t