New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- The Supreme Court has directed states and Union territories (UTs) to freeze several vehicle-related online services for motorists with unpaid traffic fines, including renewal of registration certificates, issuance of fitness certificates and pollution-under-control (PUC) certificates, Hindustan Times reported.

The court also ordered authorities to block the sale or transfer of vehicles carrying outstanding e-challans by blacklisting them on the central Parivahan portal.

A bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan added that merely generating thousands or lakhs of e-challans would be futile unless authorities could recover the fines.

The court was informed that Rs.49,194.05 crore remained outstanding...