The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019 was passed by Parliament in July | REUTERS image for representation

A truck owner from Rajasthan had to pay a fine of Rs 1,41,700 for overloading his truck on September 5 in Delhi.

The truck owner paid the challan amount at Rohini court in New Delhi on September 9.

A challan receipt shows the name of the owner of the truck. Bhagwan Ram, under the amended Motor Vehicles Act, has probably become the first truck owner in India to pay such a hefty price for traffic rules violation.

Challan receipt issued to the truck owner

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019 was passed by Parliament in July and its steep fines were to come into effect from September 1

Earlier in the month, a truck driver in Odisha was issued a challan of Rs 86,500 - highest in India until now. According to reports, Ashok was fined for allowing an unauthorised person to drive (fined Rs 5,000), driving without a licence (fined Rs 5,000), overloading (fined Rs 56,000), carrying over dimension projections (fined Rs 20,000) and a general offence (fined Rs 500).

However, the aforementioned matter was settled in Rs 70,000, after the driver produced some documents.

(With inputs from Poonam in New Delhi)