law: The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
  126. 
  
  Stationary  vehicles.
  No  person 
  
  driving  or in  charge of a motor vehicle shall cause or allow the vehicle to 
  
  remain stationary in any public  place, unless  there is in the driver's seat a 
  
  person duly licensed to drive the vehicle or unless the mechanism has been 
  
  stopped and a  brake or  brakes applied  or such  other measures  taken as  to 
  
  ensure that  the vehicle  cannot accidentally  be put in motion in the absence 
  
  of the driver.