Petition Description
In India, thousands of vehicles are declared Total Loss (TL) or Constructive Total Loss (CTL) every year due to major accidents, floods, and severe structural damage.
These vehicles are extremely unsafe and should never return to the road.

But shockingly, India has no mandatory rule requiring insurance companies to report TL/CTL vehicles on the Government’s Parivahan portal.

This loophole creates a dangerous chain reaction:

Insurance companies sell TL/CTL vehicles to scrap dealers with active RC
Scrap dealers rebuild them using unsafe and illegal methods
These vehicles re-enter the used car market looking “normal”
Innocent buyers purchase them without knowing the truth
Flood-damaged and accident-damaged cars are extremely fire-prone
Structurally compromised vehicles risk major accidents and fatalities
This has become a large-scale fraud that threatens public safety nationwide.

 
❌ The Root Problem: No Mandatory Reporting Law in India
Today, insurance companies are NOT legally required to report Total Loss or CTL decisions to Parivahan.

This creates a huge safety gap:

Accident total-loss vehicles
Flood-damaged total-loss vehicles
Both quietly return to the market without any warning to buyers.

There is zero transparency and no way for citizens to verify a vehicle’s true history.

 
🚨 Why This Is a Public Safety Emergency
Unsafe TL/CTL vehicles can suffer:

Brake failure
Structural collapse in an impact
Steering failure
Electrical short circuits
Engine fires (very common in flood-damaged vehicles)
These failures endanger not only the buyer, but also:

Passengers
Pedestrians
Other road users
This is more than a consumer issue — it is a nationwide road-safety crisis.

 
✅ What We Demand
We request the Government of India, MoRTH, and the Hon’ble Kerala High Court to urgently act and establish a national safety rule requiring:

1️⃣ Mandatory Reporting of All TL & CTL Vehicles
Insurance companies must be required to:

Report every Total Loss case
Report every Constructive Total Loss (CTL) case
Update the vehicle status directly on the Parivahan portal
Ensure the TL/CTL status is linked to the vehicle’s RC
This reporting must be immediate, transparent, and accessible to the public.

 
2️⃣ Add a Visible “Total Loss / CTL” Marker on Parivahan
Just like RC status, pollution status, and challan status —
Total Loss/CTL must also be visible to any buyer checking a vehicle online.

This single change will save thousands of people from fraud and danger.

 
3️⃣ Prevent Unsafe TL/CTL Vehicles From Returning to Public Roads
Ensure such vehicles are clearly identified and prevented from being illegally rebuilt and resold.

This will stop hundreds of unsafe cars from entering the market every month.

 
🔍 Why This Rule Is Essential
A mandatory reporting rule will:

Prevent resale of unsafe accident/flood-damaged vehicles
Protect innocent buyers from scams
Reduce road accidents
Prevent vehicle fires
Increase transparency in the used-car market
Create accountability for insurance companies and scrap handlers
Save lives
A simple legal update can fix a nationwide public-safety threat.

 
🙏 Public Support Needed
We request every citizen to sign this petition and support this much-needed safety reform.

Your signature will help ensure:

✔ Safer used-car market
✔ Protection from hidden accident vehicles
✔ Stronger consumer rights
✔ A safer India for all

Let us stand together for road safety, transparency, and justice.

Please sign and share this petition widely.