People are often confused about applying black film on the car. Private cars are not allowed to apply dark tint. Only limited transparent films are played. As soon as black film is found during police checking, challan is issued.

Then in such a situation, a question arises in people’s mind which are those vehicles which have black film installed on them. Do they get any separate permission for this? So let us tell you that black film is allowed for those vehicles which have different security requirements.

This includes high profile government officials, judges, some special police officers and people getting Z and Z+ security. Dark tint is applied on these vehicles only after the recommendation of the security agency and the approval of the government.

For common people’s vehicles, rules dictate that there should be 70 percent visibility on the front and rear windshield. 50 percent visibility is required on the side glass. A film with less transparency than this is considered illegal. This rule has been implemented to maintain security and law and order.

The penalty for installing black film depends on the city and the seriousness of the action. Usually the first challan is around Rs 500 to Rs 1000. If the vehicle is caught again. So this amount increases manifold. In many places, the vehicle can also be seized for repeated violations.

The traffic police now runs special drives from highways to cities. So that vehicles with black film can be removed. These campaigns also happen suddenly. If an illegal film is found in the vehicle. So it gets removed on the spot itself. This also wastes time and you may have to pay extra fine.