Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 28 · Decided 21 January 2000
State of Maharashtra and ORS. v. Nanded- Parbhani Z.L.B.M.V., Operator Sangh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 28 · [2000] 1 S.C.R. 357
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 74/2000
- Decided
- 21 January 2000
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, U.C. BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 207, 39
Headnote
B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Section 207(1}-Contravention of conditions prescribed undei--Power to seize and detain vehicles-Luxury bus carried passengers in excess of the C number allowed by permit-Seizure and detention of-Validity-Held: Power has to be exercised with care and caution and only a contravention contemplated under S.207( 1 }-- Hence, seizure and detention of vehicle illegal-Award of Rs. 10,000 as compensation for illegal detention of vehicle upheld-Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, Rr. 72(1)(ix) and 74(6). D Interpretation of Statutes : Basic Rules-Literal
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