New Delhi, Oct 7: In a significant move aimed at improving road safety across India, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all states and Union Territories to formulate and implement road safety rules within six months. The focus of the directions is to regulate the movement of non-motorised vehicles and pedestrians in public spaces, including national and state highways.

A bench comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan issued the orders under Sections 138(1A) and 210D of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The court instructed that states and UTs should frame rules regulating activities and access of non-mechanically propelled vehicles and pedestrians in public spaces and national highways under Section 138(1A). Additionally, the bench directed the formulation and notification of

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