Last updated: October 2026
You pay a Kerala traffic e-challan online on echallan.parivahan.gov.in: open Pay Online, search by challan number, vehicle number or driving licence number, enter the captcha, check the offence and amount, then click Pay Now and pay with the options the gateway offers, such as UPI, a card or net banking. Save the receipt and transaction ID. If the portal no longer offers Pay Now because the case has been sent to court, pay or contest it on the Virtual Courts portal, vcourts.gov.in, instead. Do not pay the same challan on both portals.
Kerala challans come from different issuers, and that decides where you pay. Use this table first, because paying in the wrong place is the most common reason a challan still shows as pending afterwards.
| Your situation | Where to pay or act |
|---|---|
| Pending challan found on Parivahan with a Pay Now option | Pay on echallan.parivahan.gov.in in the same flow |
| Challan issued by Kerala Police | Parivahan, or the Kerala Police payment portal searched by vehicle number |
| AI camera or MVD challan | Start on Parivahan. For checking an AI camera case first, see our guide to how to check an AI camera fine in Kerala |
| Portal says the case is sent to court, or no Pay Now option appears | Virtual Courts at vcourts.gov.in: pay the proposed amount if you accept it, or choose to contest |
| Money was deducted but the challan still shows pending | Do not pay again at once. Use the failed or pending transaction check on Parivahan first, as explained below |
There is no separate official fee for paying online that this site can quote. The amount to pay is the fine amount shown on your own challan for that offence. For what different offences cost, see our Kerala traffic fine list 2026. Treat the total shown on the payment screen as final for your case.
Some Kerala Police challans can also be settled on the Kerala Police payment portal. Search by vehicle number, open the pending challan, check the offence and amount in the same way as above, pay with the options offered, and generate and save the invoice or receipt the portal shows after payment. If the same challan also appears on Parivahan, pay it in one place only and then re-check the other portal later: a second payment does not close the case faster.
A challan does not stay payable on Parivahan forever. If you do not pay or contest it inside the window on the notice, it can be forwarded to a Virtual Court, and Parivahan then stops offering a simple Pay Now route for it. That does not mean the fine has gone away: the case has moved, and you settle it with the court.
For the time limits that lead to this stage, see our guide to how long to pay a Kerala challan. The safe rule is simple: follow the date and instructions on your own challan, not a generic number of days quoted elsewhere.
Do not pay a second time straight away. On Parivahan, use the Check Online Services menu to check a failed or pending transaction for your challan or vehicle number. A deducted payment can take time to update or to be refunded by the bank, and the transaction status check is the official record of which happened. Keep the transaction ID from the first attempt for any grievance or bank query, and only pay again once the first attempt is clearly shown as failed with no payment recorded.
You can still settle a challan offline at a traffic police station, or with a traffic officer who has an e-challan machine, using your vehicle number or challan number. Carry your driving licence and the challan notice or message, pay, and collect the stamped receipt on the spot. An offline receipt matters: without it you have no proof if the online record is slow to update.
Yes. On Parivahan you can search by vehicle registration number or by driving licence number instead, complete the captcha and any verification, and the pending challans linked to that number are shown.
Search the same challan again on Parivahan and check that its status shows as paid, and keep the receipt and transaction ID from the payment. A bank deduction alone is not the same as a paid status, so do the re-check.
Do not pay it just to close it. Use the complaint or grievance route on Parivahan with the challan number and your supporting proof, or contest the case on Virtual Courts if it has already been forwarded there.
The portal searches by vehicle, challan or licence number, so a family member can complete the payment for a vehicle. Keep the receipt with the vehicle papers, because the registered owner may need it later for a transfer or other RTO work.
Police, MVD and court records update on different systems. Start with Parivahan, then try the Kerala Police portal for a police challan and Virtual Courts for a court-forwarded case, and give a successful payment time to reflect before paying anywhere else.
What could not be verified for this post: parivahan.gov.in, echallan.parivahan.gov.in and mvd.kerala.gov.in were unreachable at research time, so no live fee screen could be read directly. The steps above describe the documented portal flow, and the amount on your own challan and payment screen is the final figure. Fees and rules change without notice. Verify all fees on parivahan.gov.in before paying.
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