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The Motor Vehicles Act

Orders refusing or revoking driving licences and appeals therefrom

In force Act 59 of 1988 As on 19 Oct 2026

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Act 59 of 1988

This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Haryana's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, which is the record this site keeps current.

Read from the scanned gazette. India Code publishes no text for this Act, so this text was read from the Government's own scan by machine and split into sections by its numbering. It has not been checked against the page word by word. Where it matters, read the scan. Read the scan.

Section 17 of the Motor Vehicles Act deals with orders refusing or revoking driving licences and appeals therefrom. Where a licensing authority refuses to issue any learner's licence or to issue or renew, or revokes, any driving licence, or 1.

Orders refusing or revoking driving licences and appeals therefrom-(1) Where a licensing authority refuses to issue any learner's licence or to issue or renew, or revokes, any driving licence, or 1. Subs. by Act 54 of 1994, s. 9, for sub-clause (ii) (w.e.f. 14-11-1994). refuses to add a class or description of motor vehicle to any driving licence, it shall do so by an order communicated to the applicant or the holder, as the case may be, giving the reasons in writing for such refusal or revocation.

(2) Any person aggrieved by an order made under sub-section (1) may, within thirty days of the service on him of the order, appeal to the prescribed authority which shall decide the appeal after giving such person and the authority which made the order an opportunity of being heard and the decision of the appellate authority shall be binding on the authority which made the order.

Section 17, The Motor Vehicles Act (Act 59 of 1988).

Questions about Section 17

What does Section 17 of the Motor Vehicles Act deal with?

Section 17 of the Motor Vehicles Act is headed "Orders refusing or revoking driving licences and appeals therefrom". Where a licensing authority refuses to issue any learner's licence or to issue or renew, or revokes, any driving licence, or 1.

How do I find court cases under Section 17 of the Motor Vehicles Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Motor Vehicles Act 17, section 17 Motor Vehicles Act, section 17 of the Motor Vehicles Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

When was the Motor Vehicles Act enacted?

Motor Vehicles Act was enacted in 1988 as Act 59 of 1988. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

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