Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 540 · Decided 19 July 2016
G.T. Venkataswamy Reddy v. State Transport Authority & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 540 · [2016] 8 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4480/1998
- Decided
- 19 July 2016
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA, S.A. BOBDE, UDAY UMESH LALIT, R. BANUMATHI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 48, 57(8), 63
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1939: ss.48, 57(8), 63 - Whether on the publication of an approved scheme the number of trips of the vehicles of the existing operators can be increased by granting the variation of a permit even when the existing operators on their business as on the date of the publication of the scheme - Held: A close reading of the sub-section (8) of s.57 shows that an application for variation of any permit in the case of a stage carriage, for the purpose of increasing the number of trips as well as number of vehicles covered
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