The Lahore High Court on Thursday directed that petrol pumps should not be allowed to sell fuel to motorcyclists not wearing safety helmets.
During the hearing, Justice Ali Akbar Qureshi ordered the authorities to follow the directions after lawyer Abdullah Malik requested the court to take action against those police officials, including traffic wardens for riding their bikes without helmets.
He further said, “The law is equal to all if citizens are being ticketed for not following rules, the same should be applied for officials on violating the same rules.”
Following this, he directed the authorities to seal the petrol pumps who fail to abide by the LHC orders.
Earlier, the judge had ordered the chief traffic police and police high ups to take departmental action against police officers and traffic wardens if they are found riding motorbikes without wearing a helmet as well as the side mirrors.
“No one is above the law, a judge of Lahore High Court had been ticketed through e-ticket system,” adding “if judges are paying the fine so why not others”, Justice Qureshi remarked.
He further appreciated the new e-ticket system launched by the LHC.
