Delhi Weekend Traffic Courts To Clear Challan Backlog

Delhi District Courts will run Weekend Traffic Courts from July 5, 2026, to clear pending compoundable challans
Twenty-two benches across seven complexes will hear up to 700 challans per sitting

Anyone who has lost a Sunday afternoon trying to sort out an old traffic fine will appreciate this one. Delhi District Courts, working alongside Delhi Traffic Police, are setting up Weekend Traffic Courts across the Capital starting July 5, 2026. The idea is simple enough.

With compoundable challans piling up in the Virtual Court system, the city needs a faster, more structured way to clear them, and weekends are when most working Delhiites actually have the time to deal with paperwork.

How The New System Will Work

The numbers behind this initiative give a sense of scale. A total of 22 benches will be set up across seven district court complexes, each one capable of hearing up to 700 compoundable challans in a single sitting. That is a serious amount of administrative muscle aimed squarely at the backlog, and it suggests the courts are treating this as a genuine clean-up exercise rather than a token gesture.

There is also a fairness element built into the process. To keep things equitable, a single vehicle can have a maximum of 20 eligible challans taken up for disposal through this mechanism in one go. It stops any one case from hogging bench time and keeps the system moving for everyone else in the queue.

When And How Often The Courts Will Sit

Rather than running every weekend without pause, the courts will function on the second Saturday and all Sundays of each month. It is a measured cadence that should still offer regular relief without overwhelming court staff or the police personnel supporting the process.

Steps To Get Your Challan Heard

For vehicle owners hoping to make use of this window, the process starts a little earlier than the court sittings themselves. Challans can be downloaded from June 25 onwards through the Delhi Traffic Police's official e-court portal.

Once downloaded, these notices need to be physically presented before the designated courts, with hearings split across two slots, 10 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm, so there is reasonable flexibility for those juggling weekend commitments.

It is worth noting that disposal will follow due legal procedure throughout, so this is not a shortcut around the law but rather a more accessible route through it. For Delhi's vehicle owners sitting on old, unresolved notices, it is a chance to finally tidy up their records without the usual runaround.