Accepting amicus curiae Gaurav Agrawal's request, the SC directed defaulting states and UTs to frame policies by January 31. Unfortunately, the legal heirs of half the victims were not compensated (perhaps being unaware of their entitlement). "Writing the judgment for the bench, Justice Lokur stressed on the creation of a road safety fund from the money collected from traffic violators. "The ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) is of the opinion that the protocol for road design and identification of black spots needs to be reviewed and enforced. The ministry as well as the amicus agreed that road safety audit should include design stage audit of new road projects of five or more kilometres.

Source: Times of India December 02, 2017 19:30 UTC