Challan

Challan or Chalan is a common Hindi word ( , ) that has become an Indian English technical word used officially in many professional, especially financial transactions. It usually means an official form or receipt of acknowledgement or other kind of proof document, piece of paperwork, police citation, etc. According to American Merriam-Webster Dictionary "Chalan" means voucher or invoice. Similarly, British-English Dictionary Lexico also defines Challan as noun, "an official form or document, such as a receipt, invoice, or summons", and verb, "issue (someone) with an official notice of a traffic offence" and gives several examples of their applications, which are also paralleled by the Oxford Learner's Dictionary's two separate entries on the same. Wiktionary also gives examples of the application of the word challan in southeast Asia, including its use as a verb with challaning and challaned used similarly in context and meaning to police ticketing or someone being ticketed.…

Challan or Chalan is a common Hindi word ( , ) that has become an Indian English technical word used officially in many professional, especially financial transactions. It usually means an official form or receipt of acknowledgement or other kind of proof document, piece of paperwork, police citation, etc. According to American Merriam-Webster Dictionary "Chalan" means voucher or invoice. Similarly, British-English Dictionary Lexico also defines Challan as noun, "an official form or document, such as a receipt, invoice, or summons", and verb, "issue (someone) with an official notice of a traffic offence" and gives several examples of their applications, which are also paralleled by the Oxford Learner's Dictionary's two separate entries on the same. Wiktionary also gives examples of the application of the word challan in southeast Asia, including its use as a verb with challaning and challaned used similarly in context and meaning to police ticketing or someone being ticketed. While most of the dictionaries talk about the meaning representing a monetary penalty which is true in most real cases, Collins English Dictionary goes one step further and defines the verb part of the meaning of Chalan as "verb (transitive), to cause (an accused person) to appear before a magistrate", which in reality happens only in a subset of cases of Challan when a person misses paying the Challan and the matter moves to the next step of receiving a summon from a court. ====Challans under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code==== Usually traffic police carry a receipt book named a challan book. But other than traffic violations other offenses may be also challaned with a magistrates order under Section 188 of Indian Penal Code (IPC). For example, instances of not wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic have been challaned under section 188 the IPC. ==E-challan== An e-challan is an electronic format of challan. An e-challan can also be defined as a specific format used for depositing or remitting the contribution or statutory payment at a bank or treasury. ===Traffic e-challan=== Many Indian state governments have established a new challan system called e-challans. The e-challan system of India has been in vogue for almost a decade, starting to roll out in pilot phases from 2012 onward. The e-challan may be operated by PDAs, cell phones or e-Seva Kendras whose e-services include facility for payment of e-challans for traffic violation. They have also established web portals where one can check if their vehicle has any traffic offences registered against it. This website will detail the offence description, fine amount, user charges, and the total fine amount. In Coimbatore city the system started in October 2013 and service uses hand-held machines for Spot Fining System, which runs on a low cost platform named VIOLET (Violation Prevention and Regulation Enforcement), which runs on android-based tablets or cellular phones and is also integrated to a Bluetooth printer to dispatch receipts. Other initial cities where it started becoming operational included Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Vijayawada etc., followed by Mumbai and Pune by mid 2015. As of 2022 an e-Challan in India may be followed up in a virtual court as well.

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