Challan guide · Section 194(1)
Overloading a goods vehicle
Section 194(1) fines overloading at ₹20,000 plus ₹2,000 for every extra tonne, and the owner is usually also liable for the charges of off-loading the excess before the truck may move. States can set different compounding amounts, so the amount on your challan may differ from the Act amount shown here.
- Section
- Section 194(1)
- First offence
- ₹20,000 plus ₹2,000 per extra tonne
- Repeat offence
- ₹20,000 plus ₹2,000 per extra tonne
- Usually detected by
- Weighbridge
The rule and the penalty
What the Act says
Section 113 sets weight limits: no vehicle may be driven with a laden weight above the gross vehicle weight on its registration certificate.
Section 194(1) fines overloading at ₹20,000 plus ₹2,000 for every extra tonne, and the owner is usually also liable for the charges of off-loading the excess before the truck may move. On a 10 tonne excess the Act amount alone is ₹40,000. Overloading also wears brakes and tyres faster and can give an insurer grounds to contest a claim.
| Offence | Motor Vehicles Act amount |
|---|---|
| First | ₹20,000 plus ₹2,000 per extra tonne |
| Repeat | ₹20,000 plus ₹2,000 per extra tonne |
| Section | Section 194(1) |
| Who usually pays | The owner, and sometimes the consignor under the freight contract. Many fleets write the load limit into the booking. |
States can set different compounding amounts, so the amount on your challan may differ from the Act amount shown here. The challan itself shows the section and the amount charged. Last checked 12 Nov 2026.
How it is detected
How to check and pay it
Found by weighing at a checkpost or highway weighbridge, or by a flying squad that directs the truck to the nearest weighbridge. The challan is issued on the officer's device with the weight recorded.
- 1
Open the Parivahan e-Challan website (echallan.parivahan.gov.in) or your state traffic police's e-challan page, and choose to check challan status.
- 2
Search by vehicle number, challan number or driving licence number. Search by vehicle number to see every challan on the truck, whoever was driving.
- 3
Open each challan and check the date, time, place, section and the photograph or officer details against your trip log and the driver on duty.
- 4
If the challan is correct, pay it online by UPI, card or net banking and save the receipt with the challan number.
- 5
If it has been sent to a virtual court, pay or contest it there through the virtual courts portal (vcourts.gov.in) before the date shown.
- 6
If it is wrong, raise a grievance with the issuing authority with your evidence, such as the trip log or GPS record, before the deadline on the challan.
- 7
Recheck after a few days that the challan shows as paid or disposed. Pending challans can hold up RTO services for the vehicle.
How to avoid it
Stop it before the camera does
- Load to the gross vehicle weight on the RC, not to what the body can hold.
- Weigh at the loading point and keep the weighment slip with the consignment note.
- Write the load limit into the freight booking so the consignor cannot push extra tonnes onto the truck.
- Check the RC's gross vehicle weight after any body or axle change.
New since yesterday's check
Overloading a goods vehicle
- Vehicle
- MH 04 II 8820
- Section
- Section 194(1)
- Act amount
- ₹20,000 plus ₹2,000 per extra tonne
- Issued
- 10 Nov 2026, Mumbai-Nashik Highway, Thane
- Detected by
- Weighbridge
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Questions about this challan
States can set different compounding amounts, so the amount on your challan may differ from the Act amount shown here.
What is the fine for overloading a truck?
₹20,000 plus ₹2,000 per extra tonne under Section 194(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, and the excess usually has to be off-loaded before the truck can move. States can set different compounding amounts.
How is overloading measured?
Against the gross vehicle weight on the registration certificate, using a weighbridge at a checkpost or the nearest one the officer directs the truck to.
Who pays an overloading challan?
It is issued against the vehicle and its owner. Whether the consignor bears it depends on your freight contract.
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