Maharashtra e-Challan: Check Status & Pay Online

To check a traffic challan in Maharashtra, enter your vehicle number on Maharashtra Traffic Police e-Challan payment or the national portal echallan.parivahan.gov.in. Payment is done on the same official portal via Debit card, Credit card, Net banking, UPI, Offline at the nearest traffic division or police station with a copy of the challan or the vehicle details.

Last verified: 12 Aug 2026

How to check your Maharashtra challan

Open https://mahatrafficechallan.gov.in/. It redirects to https://mahatrafficechallan.gov.in/payechallan/PaymentService.htm with a session token appended, so bookmark the plain domain rather than the tokenised URL. The page is operated by the Additional Director General of Police (Traffic), Maharashtra State, Mumbai.
Choose the 'Vehicle No.' or 'Challan No.' radio button at the top of the form.
If you picked Vehicle No., enter the registration number and also the last 4 digits of the chassis or engine number — the portal makes both mandatory, so a plain registration-number search will not return anything.
Enter the code shown and click Submit to list the pending challans against that vehicle or challan number.
Cross-check on the MoRTH NextGen e-challan portal at https://echallan.parivahan.nic.in/challan/challan-services. The older national portal now carries a note routing Maharashtra (MH) challans there, and NextGen lets you search by Challan Number, Vehicle Number, DL Number, Mobile Number, E-Ticket number or NBT Notice with a captcha.
If the challan has gone to court, check https://vcourts.gov.in/virtualcourt/ — but note that only Maharashtra(Transport Department) and Maharashtra(NASHIK TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT) exist there, so most city traffic challans will not be found on Virtual Courts.

How to pay a Maharashtra challan online

On the NextGen portal, enter the vehicle or challan number together with the captcha — this is the sequence the portal itself documents for paying on the e-Challan Parivahan website.
Click 'Get Detail' to list the challans against that number.
Enter the OTP sent to the mobile number registered against the vehicle, then click 'Pay Now'.
Pay by debit card, credit card, internet banking or UPI, and download the receipt from the RECEIPT column before leaving the page.
On the state portal, select the challan from the search result and complete the payment on the state gateway instead — either route clears the same challan, so do not pay both.
If the payment is deducted but the challan stays open, or the challan was booked wrongly, use the grievance link at https://mahatrafficechallan.gov.in/MH-Echallan-Grievance/Grievance.htm or the helpdesk on 844 844 8960.

Official portals for Maharashtra

Portal	Use for
Maharashtra Traffic Police e-Challan payment	Check & pay
MoRTH NextGen e-Challan portal (Maharashtra challans)	Check & pay
Maharashtra e-Challan grievance (wrongly booked challan or payment issue)	check
Virtual Courts — Maharashtra (Transport Department / Nashik Traffic Department)	Check & pay

Check by SMS or app

mParivahan, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways citizen app, listed on https://parivahan.gov.in/ under Other Products & Services and reachable at https://mparivahan.parivahan.gov.in/.
Link your mobile number to your vehicle number on the state portal — the home page carries a 'Click here to link/unlink mobile number to your vehicle number' link, which is what makes challan SMS reach you.
The NextGen portal sends a one-time password to the mobile number held against the vehicle before it will take payment, so an out-of-date number blocks payment as well as alerts.
The Maha Traffic App — named alongside the portal in the Maharashtra Highway Traffic Police FAQ as an official way to check challan status and pay.
For Nashik City the same FAQ points users to mParivahan or https://echallan.parivahan.gov.in instead of the state portal.
Keep the Vahan record current at https://vahan.parivahan.gov.in/mobileupdate/ if the number on the RC is wrong.

Court challans in Maharashtra

Maharashtra's own portal only handles compoundable challans: you find them by vehicle or challan number and pay, and nothing on that site offers a contest route. Non-compoundable offences are a separate track. Section 200 of the Motor Vehicles Act lists which offences may be compounded, and drunken driving under Section 185 is not on the list, nor is any limb of dangerous driving under Section 184 except clause (c) of the Explanation, which covers use of handheld communication devices. Those cases are prosecuted before the jurisdictional magistrate and the accused must appear. Virtual Courts is only a partial answer in Maharashtra: the department list on https://vcourts.gov.in/virtualcourt/ carries exactly two Maharashtra entries, Maharashtra(Transport Department) and Maharashtra(NASHIK TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT), so unlike Delhi — which has both a Traffic Department and a Notice Department on the platform — there is no statewide virtual court covering Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur or Thane city traffic police challans. Where a case is on Virtual Courts, the flow published by the e-Courts project is: select the state and department, search by mobile number, CNR number, party name or challan/vehicle number, click 'View' to open the detailed challan, verify by OTP or, if the mobile number on the challan is wrong, by the vehicle's engine and chassis number checked against RTO data, then either pay the fine through the ePay gateway or select 'I wish to contest the case', after which the acknowledgement names the physical court and the date assigned. The MoRTH portal separately warns that a challan forwarded to Virtual Court can still be paid on the e-challan portal, and asks you not to pay in both places.

Traffic fine amounts in Maharashtra

Offence	Section	First offence	Repeat	In Maharashtra
Dangerous driving and jumping a red light	Section 184	First offence: imprisonment for not less than 6 months and up to 1 year, or a fine of not less than ₹1,000 and up to ₹5,000, or both	Second or subsequent offence committed within three years of a previous similar offence: imprisonment up to 2 years, or a fine of ₹10,000, or both	Not compoundable as dangerous driving — the state's Section 184 entry covers only handheld devices. An ordinary signal violation is instead booked under MMVR 239 with Section 177 at ₹500, or ₹1,500 on repeat, so it usually stays payable online here
Riding without a helmet	Section 194D read with Section 129	₹1,000 fine and disqualification from holding a driving licence for three months	₹1,000 — Section 194D fixes a single amount and does not prescribe a higher figure for repeat offences; the Delhi Traffic Police schedule likewise shows ₹1,000 for first and subsequent offences	₹500 + 3-month licence disqualification (194D, state-notified; some official charts show the ₹1,000 statutory figure — the e-challan states the payable amount)
Driving without insurance	Section 196 read with Section 146	First offence: imprisonment up to 3 months, or a fine of ₹2,000, or both	Subsequent offence: imprisonment up to 3 months, or a fine of ₹4,000, or both	Standard amount
Driving without a valid licence	Section 181 read with Section 3	Imprisonment up to 3 months, or a fine of ₹5,000, or both	₹5,000 — Section 181 sets one amount and does not prescribe a higher repeat figure; Delhi's published schedule also shows ₹5,000 for first and subsequent offences	Standard amount
Driving without a valid PUC certificate	Section 190(2)	First offence: imprisonment up to 3 months, or a fine which may extend to ₹10,000, or both — and disqualification from holding a licence for three months. There is no statutory minimum, but Delhi's notified schedule compounds it at the ₹10,000 ceiling	Second or subsequent offence: imprisonment up to 6 months, or a fine which may extend to ₹10,000, or both (the mandatory disqualification is written only into the first-offence limb)	₹1,000 for a two/three-wheeler and ₹2,000 for other vehicles, each with a 3-month licence disqualification, rising to ₹3,000 and ₹5,000 on repeat (190(2)) — far below the ₹10,000 central ceiling. Failing to produce a PUC certificate is a lighter ₹500 / ₹1,500
Driving an unregistered vehicle (no RC)	Section 192 read with Section 39	First offence: a fine of not less than ₹2,000 and up to ₹5,000	Second or subsequent offence: imprisonment up to 1 year, or a fine of not less than ₹5,000 and up to ₹10,000, or both	₹2,000 first offence and ₹5,000 for a second or subsequent one (192(1)) — the repeat figure is ₹5,000, not the ₹10,000 the central section allows
Driving without a seat belt	Section 194B	₹1,000 for the driver, and ₹1,000 where a child under fourteen is not secured by a seat belt or child restraint system	₹1,000 — Section 194B prescribes a flat amount with no separate repeat-offence figure; Delhi's published schedule shows ₹1,000 for both first and subsequent offences	₹200 for the driver and ₹200 where a child up to 14 is not in an appropriate restraint (194B) — state-notified; some official charts show the ₹1,000 statutory figure, and the e-challan states the payable amount
Drunken driving	Section 185	First offence: imprisonment up to 6 months, or a fine of ₹10,000, or both	Second or subsequent offence: imprisonment up to 2 years, or a fine of ₹15,000, or both — and, unlike before 2019, there is no three-year window, so any earlier conviction counts	Not compoundable — Section 185 appears nowhere in the state compounding schedule, which steps straight from 184 to 186. There is no amount at which it can be settled out of court
Using a mobile phone while driving	Section 184, Explanation clause (c)	First offence under Section 184: imprisonment for not less than 6 months and up to 1 year, or a fine of not less than ₹1,000 and up to ₹5,000, or both. State compounding amounts vary widely within that band — Delhi's schedule pins it at the ₹5,000 ceiling, while Maharashtra grades it by vehicle class at ₹1,000 for a 2/3-wheeler, ₹2,000 for an LMV and ₹4,000 for other vehicles	Second or subsequent offence within three years of a previous similar offence: imprisonment up to 2 years, or a fine of ₹10,000, or both — Delhi's schedule shows ₹10,000 for a subsequent offence	₹1,000 for a two/three-wheeler, ₹2,000 for an LMV and ₹4,000 for other vehicles, or ₹10,000 for a repeat within 3 years. The state's Section 184 entry is confined to handheld devices — the only limb of 184 that Section 200 lets be compounded
Overspeeding	Section 183(1) read with Section 112	Light motor vehicle: not less than ₹1,000 and up to ₹2,000. Medium or heavy goods or passenger vehicle: not less than ₹2,000 and up to ₹4,000	Same money range, but for a second or subsequent offence under Section 183(1) the driving licence of the driver shall be impounded as provided in Section 206(4)	₹1,000 for a two/three-wheeler, ₹1,500 for a tractor, ₹2,000 for an LMV and ₹4,000 for other vehicles (183(1)) — four state-notified classes where the central Act has only two

Things specific to Maharashtra

The state portal will not search on a registration number alone. It also demands the last 4 digits of the chassis or engine number, which you take from the RC — this is the single most common reason a Maharashtra search returns nothing.
Maharashtra's compounding amounts come from Home Department notification No.MVR-0919/C.R.200/TRA-2 dated 26 November 2021, issued under Section 200(1) MV Act 'in supersession of all previous notifications' and published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Extraordinary Part IV-A No. 205. It is a 33-row schedule covering Sections 177 to 198.
The gazette is served from the state e-Gazette portal at egazzete.mahaonline.gov.in — note the misspelling, with a double z. The obvious addresses egazette.maharashtra.gov.in and egazette.nic.in do not exist at all. There is no stable link to the PDF: it is delivered by an ASP.NET postback, so it must be retrieved by searching Division 'CENTRAL SECTION', Gazette Type 'Extra - Ordinary', both dates 26/11/2021.
Two official Maharashtra documents give different numbers for the same offence. Where the Highway Traffic Police 'Acts and Fine' schedule and the 2021 gazette overlap they agree exactly on speeding, phone use, PUC, registration and insurance — but for helmets the gazette says ₹500 and the police schedule ₹1,000, and for seat belts the gazette says ₹200 and the police schedule ₹1,000. In both cases the police figure equals the statutory fine under the MV Act while the gazette figure is the notified compounding amount, so an e-challan may show either.
The gazette contains no commencement clause — the words 'force', 'commence', 'effect' and 'December' appear nowhere in it. Any claim that these amounts took effect on a particular date in December 2021 comes from press reporting, not from the notification.
The notification lets very junior officers compound. Police Naiks may do so in the Thane, Pune, Nagpur and Navi Mumbai commissionerates, and ordinary Police Constables may do so in Mumbai city — a wider delegation than most states allow.
mahatrafficechallan.gov.in redirects to /payechallan/PaymentService.htm with a per-session token in the query string. The token is not stable, so bookmark https://mahatrafficechallan.gov.in/ and let it redirect.
Maharashtra has moved to the MoRTH NextGen e-challan portal. echallan.parivahan.gov.in now carries a note sending MH (with 26 other states and UTs) to https://echallan.parivahan.nic.in/challan/challan-services, so a challan missing on one portal may still appear on the other — check both.
Virtual Courts covers only two Maharashtra departments, Transport and Nashik Traffic. There is no virtual court for Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur or Thane traffic police challans, so a court challan in those cities means an actual court date.
The state portal is a payment counter, not a rulebook. Its only functions are the challan search, a mobile link/unlink page and a grievance form; there is no offence or penalty schedule on it, and its footer reads 'Website last updated on: 15/09/2025'.
Maharashtra books many offences twice — once against the driver and once against the owner or the person in authorised possession of the vehicle. No registration, no insurance, no PUC, no helmet and the child-restraint offence all appear as paired driver and owner rows.
Red light jumping is treated quite differently from Delhi. Maharashtra's schedule marks 'Dangerous driving' under Sec 184 MVA as Non-Compoundable with a fine of 0, but books 'Jumping signal' separately under MMVR 239/177 MVA at ₹500 / ₹1,500 — so an ordinary signal violation stays payable online here.
Maharashtra grades several fines by vehicle class where the central Act does not: overspeeding runs across 2/3-wheeler, tractor, LMV and MMV/HMV, and handheld phone use across 2/3-wheeler, LMV and other vehicles.
Nashik is the odd one out. Maharashtra Highway Traffic Police's own FAQ tells Nashik City users to check mParivahan or echallan.parivahan.gov.in rather than the state portal — and Nashik is also the only city traffic department Maharashtra has on Virtual Courts.

Frequently asked questions

Why does the Maharashtra e-challan site show no challans for my vehicle number?

Almost always because the second field was left blank. The state portal at mahatrafficechallan.gov.in requires the registration number and the last 4 digits of the chassis or engine number together — its own validation message is 'Please enter last 4 digits of Chassis or Engine No'. The other possibility is that the challan is only on the MoRTH NextGen portal, since Maharashtra challans are now routed to echallan.parivahan.nic.in.

Which is the official Maharashtra e-challan website?

https://mahatrafficechallan.gov.in, operated by the Additional Director General of Police (Traffic), Maharashtra State, Mumbai, with a helpdesk on 844 844 8960 and [email protected]. Maharashtra challans are also served by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways NextGen e-challan portal at https://echallan.parivahan.nic.in/challan/challan-services.

Can I pay a Maharashtra traffic challan through Virtual Courts?

Only for two departments. The Virtual Courts department list carries just Maharashtra(Transport Department) and Maharashtra(NASHIK TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT). City traffic police court challans elsewhere in the state are not on that platform and are heard by the ordinary magistrate's court, so there is no online 'pay fine' or 'request to contest' button for them.

Where can I see Maharashtra's own traffic fine amounts?

Two places, and they do not fully agree. The legally operative one is Home Department notification No.MVR-0919/C.R.200/TRA-2 dated 26 November 2021, issued under Section 200(1) of the MV Act in supersession of all previous notifications and published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Extraordinary Part IV-A No. 205. It sets the amount for which each offence may be compounded, and you retrieve it from the state e-Gazette at https://egazzete.mahaonline.gov.in/Forms/GazetteSearch.aspx by searching Division 'CENTRAL SECTION', Gazette Type 'Extra - Ordinary' and both dates 26/11/2021 — there is no direct link to the file. The more readable one is a 234-row 'Acts and Fine' document under Information → Acts & Rules at https://highwaypolice.maharashtra.gov.in/info-rules-page/. They match on most offences, but for helmets and seat belts the police document prints the statutory MV Act fine rather than the lower notified compounding amount.

How do I dispute a challan booked on my vehicle by mistake?

The state portal carries a dedicated link, 'Click here to raise a grievance for wrongly booked challan or any payment issue', which opens https://mahatrafficechallan.gov.in/MH-Echallan-Grievance/Grievance.htm. The same route handles payments that were debited but did not clear the challan; the helpdesk number 844 844 8960 is published on the same page.

Sources

egazzete.mahaonline.gov.in — https://egazzete.mahaonline.gov.in/Forms/GazetteSearch.aspx
mahatrafficechallan.gov.in — https://mahatrafficechallan.gov.in/payechallan/PaymentService.htm
mahatrafficechallan.gov.in — https://mahatrafficechallan.gov.in/MH-Echallan-Grievance/Grievance.htm
echallan.parivahan.nic.in — https://echallan.parivahan.nic.in/challan/challan-services
highwaypolice.maharashtra.gov.in — https://highwaypolice.maharashtra.gov.in/info-rules-page/
cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in — https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s35dec707028b05bcbd3a1db5640f842c5/uploads/2025/04/202504251593727433.pdf
highwaypolice.maharashtra.gov.in — https://highwaypolice.maharashtra.gov.in/faq/
highwaypolice.maharashtra.gov.in — https://highwaypolice.maharashtra.gov.in/e-challan-page/
echallan.parivahan.gov.in — https://echallan.parivahan.gov.in/index/accused-challan
vcourts.gov.in — https://vcourts.gov.in/virtualcourt/
vcourts.gov.in — https://vcourts.gov.in/virtualcourt/help.php
www.indiacode.nic.in — https://www.indiacode.nic.in/show-data?actid=AC_CEN_30_42_00009_198859_1517807326286&sectionId=28477&sectionno=200&orderno=231
parivahan.gov.in — https://parivahan.gov.in/
mparivahan.parivahan.gov.in — https://mparivahan.parivahan.gov.in/

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