Ownership transfer: Road ministry notifies changes in motor vehicle rules
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has notified certain changes in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to facilitate the owner of a vehicle for nominating a person in the registration certificate, which would help the motor vehicle to be registered or transferred in the name of the nominee, in case of death of the owner. Now, the owner can put the name of the nominee at the time of registration of the vehicles and can also add it later through an online application. The process is otherwise cumbersome and non-uniform across the country. According to the notified rules, the own...