The viral message circulating in social media that , the court has abolished the requirement of wearing a helmet for a two-wheeler driver within the purview of the Metropolitan Municipality.
Fact Check: Messages keep going viral on social media every day with one or the other wrong claim. These days one such message related to road safety is going viral. It has been claimed in the message that, the court has abolished the requirement of wearing a helmet for a two-wheeler driver within the purview of the Metropolitan Municipality. People will not be fined for not wearing helmets inside the city. In the message going viral on WhatsApp, it was said that, breaking news 'helmet free', the helmet checking which was going on in all the states till now has been rejected by the court, according to the petition of Sagar Kumar Jain, within the limits of the Municipal Corporation. The use of helmet will not be mandatory on the driver of the road, which has got the status of a state road or highway, it will be mandatory to wear a helmet. It has been further claimed in the message that, after this, if any traffic person or any policeman asks you why you are not wearing a helmet, then you can tell him that I am within the limits of the Municipal Corporation Panchayat Samiti city. Happy to know all of you. Will be Share this message as much as possible so that people also know.
News Verification: In June, Devendra Pratap Singh Chauhan uploaded a video to his Facebook wall to make it clear that the message that was going around under his name was untrue. Additionally, no information was discovered on any court rulings denying helmet inspection laws across the board. The helmet requirement in municipal corporation limits is not excluded under the newly passed "Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019." As a result, the allegation in the post is FALSE.
News Verdict: The viral news is fake.
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