Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 22 · Decided 12 February 1980
Subhash Chandra and ORS. v. State of U.P. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 22 · [1980] 2 S.C.R. 1024
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1262/1980
- Decided
- 12 February 1980
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, D.A. DESAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19(1)(g); Motor Vehicles Act Section 51(2)
Headnote
SUBHASH CHANDRA A."lD ORS. v. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS. February 12, 1980 [V. R KRISHNA !YER AND D. A. DESAI, JJ.J Motor V~hicles Act, 1939, Section 51(2)-Wlzether Regional Transport Authority in1posing a condition that no permit shall be renelved in respect of vehicles wlticli are 7 years legalism cannot sterilise the sensible humanism writ large on s. 51(2) (x). If Indian life is not ultra vires Indian law every condition to save life and limb is intra vires such salvationary provision. [1025G] 2. Section 51(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, is geared to public safety, not
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