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Knowledge Nugget | SC Links Road Safety to Right to Life: What it means for citizens and state

The Indian Express·Roshni Yadav·about 1 month ago
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Take a look at the essential events, concepts, terms, quotes, or phenomena every day and brush up your knowledge. Here’s your UPSC Current Affairs knowledge nugget for today on a safe commuting environment, part of the Right to Life. Gear up for UPSC Prelims 2026—Practice smarter, revise faster, and succeed with our  Special Quiz Magazine .  Click Here Flagging data that national highways constitute only about 2 per cent of India’s total road length but account for nearly 30 per cent of all road fatalities, the Supreme Court said that a high-speed roadway “must not become a corridor of peril ” due to administrative lapses or infrastructural gaps, stressing that the right to life includes a safe commuting environment . In this context, let’s take a closer look at SC’s directive, Right to Life, and Article 142, under which the top court exercised its extraordinary powers to issue the directive. Key Takeaways: 1.…

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