India, Oct. 9 -- The Supreme Court has directed all states to promptly upload road-accident data on the Electronic Detailed Accident Report (eDAR) portal and interlink VAHAN, SARATHI, eDAR, and the Insurance Information Bureau (IIB) databases to allow seamless cross-verification of accident reports, vehicle and insurance records, and past claims.

The directions seek to create a national digital trail for each road crash -- one that can both speed up compensation for genuine victims and expose fake, duplicate or collusive insurance claims before they reach the tribunal stage.

A bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and PB Varale said the integrated system must also cover hit-and-run cases and the PM-RAHAT scheme, enabling insurers to re...