06 Jul 2026 12:24 PM

Helmet Exemption to Sikhs -- Challenge Under Article 14 -- Exemption held a reasonable classification, not violative of equality

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.129 -- Helmet Exemption to Sikhs -- Challenge Under Article 14 -- Exemption granted to Sikhs from wearing helmets rests on reasonable classification and not on religion or caste. Article 14 prohibits class legislation but permits reasonable classification founded on intelligible differentia having a rational relation to the object of the statute. Such classification does not violate the right to equality.

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