India, Sept. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Monday noted that States and Union Territories have a massive outstanding balance of Rs 20,000 crore to recover towards unpaid traffic e-challans and suggested linking such challans to electricity bills to recover the amount.

A Bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan was informed that despite issuing a vast number of traffic challans, recovery of fines is minimal. The SC said it is not just sufficient to keep issuing e-challans and that recovery of fines is important.

"If people are not paying traffic challans, add it to their electricity dues bill. They will have to pay electricity bills else power line will be disconnected. Work it out. In this country, you have to find a way out," the...