Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 · Chapter VIII: Control of Traffic
Section 133: Duty of owner of motor vehicle to give information
The owner of a motor vehicle, the driver or conductor of which is accused of any offence under this Act shall, on the demand of any police officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government, give all information regarding the name and address of, and the licence held by, the driver or conductor which is in his possession or could by reasonable diligence be ascertained by him.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 14 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 133
- Abhijit Kumar Ravidas v. National Insurance Company Ltd. & Ors
- Abhijit Kumar Ravidas v. The National Insurance Company Limited & Ors
- National Insurance Company Limited v. Smt. Nisha Jha and Ors
- Suman & Ors v. National Insurance Co Ltd & Ors
- Sunil Kumar v. State & Anr
- State (Nct of Delhi) v. Surender Kumar Jha
- Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited v. Smt. Kavita and Ors
- Baby Yogita Arora v. Neeraj Kumar Vishwakarma & Anr
- State of NCT of Delhi v. Shiv Narai Chaudhary
- Kishan Gopal & Anr. v. Lala & Ors.
- Ravi Kapur v. State of Rajasthan
- Ravi v. Badrinarayan and Ors.