Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 506 · Decided 26 August 2020
State of M.P. & ORS. v. Rakesh Sethi & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 506 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 734
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7074/2008
- Decided
- 26 August 2020
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, S. RAVINDRA BHAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 65(1), 211
Headnote
Madhya Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1994: r. 55 A - Validity of - High Court held that Rule 55-A is ultra vires the State's power under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 - Held: In view of ss. 65(1) and 211 of Motor Vehicles Act, authority to prescribe a fee for reserving certain numbers or distinguishing marks to be assigned as registration numbers - Therefore, Rule 55A is not in excess of the powers conferred upon the State by the Act or the Central Rules - The State was competent to make the legislation
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