In a significant step to enhance road safety, the Supreme Court has instructed all States and Union Territories to frame rules within six months to regulate non-motorised vehicles and pedestrian movement in public spaces. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan issued the order under Sections 138(1A) and 210D of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The Court directed States and UTs to develop guidelines governing non-mechanically propelled vehicles and to establish standards for the design, construction, and maintenance of roads other than national highways. The order follows a 2012 petition filed by a Coimbatore-based orthopaedic surgeon, highlighting the urgent need to address India’s high rate of road accidents and improve overall road safety mechanisms.