Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 56 · Decided 27 March 1973
State of Mysore & ANR. v. K. G. Jagannath
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 56 · [1973] 3 S.C.R. 770
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 141/1972
- Decided
- 27 March 1973
- Bench
- C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, A. ALAGIRISWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
/'.lysore Motor Vehicle Rules, 1963, r. 116(1)-Power to fix 111i11i111t1n1 .seating capacity in a ·vublic service i:ehicle-lf valid. Rule 216(2) of the Mysore Motor Vehicle Rules, 1963, provides for the fixation of minimum seating capacity of a public service vehicle. Under a permit granted the bus with a new one and applied for permission to alter t'he seating capacity of the new bus from 40 to 30, but, the permission was refused. In a petition tor the issue of a Vr'rit of 111andamus, the High Court struck down the rule and directed the Regional Transport Officer to grant the
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