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Aug 02 1999 (HC)

Malappuram District Private Bus Operators' Association, Manjeri and An ...

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR2000Ker192

..... a further direction also has been given to the government not to issue fare revision notification under section 67 of the motor vehicles act till the general directions given by the learned single judge is complied with, which really affects the rights of the existing stage carriage operators in the state of kerala and the learned single judge passed the order affecting their rights without hearing them. ..... these two sections, read together, make it crystal clear that the consumer disputes redressal forum has no jurisdiction to deal with the tare stages or fares of a stage carriage. 16. ..... : (1) xx xx xx (2) the regional transport authority, if it decides to grant a stage carriage permit, may grant the permit for a stage carriage of a specified description and may, subject to any rules that may be made under this act, attach to the permit any one or more of the following conditions, namely :-- xx xx xx xx (xiii) that fares shall be charged in accordance with the approved fare table; (xiv) that a copy of, or extract from, the fare table approved by ..... the petitioner before the consumer disputes redressal forum is a bus passengers, who will not answer the definition of a consumer and the rta will not answer the definition of manufacturer under this act, inasmuch as the rta does not render any service to the bus passenger, consumer, the inadequacy of which can be complained against before the consumer disputes redressal forum. .....

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Sep 29 1966 (HC)

Somendra Mohan Bhaduri and anr. Vs. Regional Transport Authority and o ...

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : AIR1967Cal525

..... the relevant provision is set out below: '48(3) the regional transport authority, if it decides to grant a stage carriage permit, may grant the permit for a service of stage carriages of a specified description or for one or more particular stage carriages, and may, subject to any rules that may be made under this act, attach to the permit one or more of the following conditions, namely- (xii) that fares shall be charged in accordance with the approved fare table; (xxi) that the regional transport ..... coming to the said act, section 43 gives power to the state government to control road transport, inter alia by fixing of fares and rates of stage-carriages, etc in this particular case, the power has been exercised not by the state government, but by the r.t.a 5 ..... next we come to section 48, which relates to grants of stage-carriage permits by the r.t.a. ..... , hooghly, passed the following resolution: 'resolved that the 'conditions' of permits for public carriers/private carriers/contract carriages/stage carriages as prepared by the secretary, regional transport authority, hooghly, be approved and the said 'conditions' be attached to all the permits after giving notice of not less than one ..... sub-section (1) lays down that the r.t.a may on an application to it, grant a stage carriage permit or refuse to make such a ..... learned judge in the court below has held that when the stage-carriage permit of the appellant no. ..... the pendency of the said rule, the stage-carriage permit of the appellant no. .....

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Nov 07 2016 (HC)

Durugamma D/O Yallamma Vs. s.g.naresh

Court : Karnataka

..... . section 72 of the act provides for grant of stage carriage - 19 - permit whereby the regional transport authority, if it decides to grant a stage carriage permit, may grant the permit for a stage carriage of a specified description and may, subject to any rule that may be made under the act, attach to the permit any one or more of the conditions which are 24 in number ..... . therefore, in law the appellants/petitioners- insurers are not exempt from their liability to pay compensation under their respective 'act policies' by mere reason of 'contract carriages' in question being plied as 'stage carriages' in breach of their permit condition since such a defence plea is not permissible under sub- section (2) of section 149 of the act ..... while considering the question whether the insurance company is liable to pay compensation in respect of the injury to or death of a third party, caused by the motor accident by a motor - 11 - vehicle, which is a stage carriage while plying or being used lawfully otherwise than as a stage carriage, at a public place, even if such place does not lie on the route in respect of which it is permitted to operate as a stage carriage, has held that an insurance company is liable to pay compensation even in such cases.9. in the case of chandamma [supra] ..... . to analyze this aspect, it would be beneficial to refer to the definition clause of permit under section 2[31] .....

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Feb 18 1994 (HC)

All India Motor Transport Congress and anr. Vs. State of Madhya Prades ...

Court : Madhya Pradesh

Reported in : AIR1994MP117; 1994(0)MPLJ884

..... in madhya pradesh motor vehicles (taxation of goods) act, 1962 and means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use of carriage of goods or when used for carriage of goods solely or in addition to passenger for hire or reward, whereas the stage carriage is a vehicle, as defined in section 2(29) of the motor vehicles act, 1939 and is motor vehicle carrying or adapted to carry more than six persons for hire or reward for a whole journey or for stages of a journey. ..... section 2(d) toll means the toll levied under section 3, motor transport vehicle is defined in section 2 (f) to mean a stage carriage ..... issuance of the message/ instructions (annexure-c) by the transport commissioner, the regional transport authorities have not recovered pathkar from the stage carriages in the inter-state routes on countersigned permits, whereas pathkar was recovered from the goods vehicle entering the state of madhya pradesh ..... common knowledge that the goods vehicles carry heavier weight than stage carriages and naturally use of goods vehicles will cause more wear ..... madhya pradesh, maharashtra, punjab, rajashthan, uttar pradesh and delhi as notified in madhya pradesh rajpatra, dated 29-12-1972, limited number of composit permits have been issued by each state under section 63 (11) of the motor vehicles act, 1939, by virtue of the imposition of toll in the state of madhya pradesh, artificial barrier has been created whereby the trade, commerce and intercourse throughout the territory of reciprocal .....

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Oct 01 1999 (HC)

United India Insurance Company Limited, Bangalore Vs. Chandamma and Ot ...

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : II(2000)ACC574; II(2000)ACC631; 2001ACJ1351; ILR2000KAR1302; 2000(2)KarLJ462

..... stage carriage while plying or being used lawfully otherwise than as a stage carriage, at a public place, even if such public place does not lie on the route in respect of which it is permitted to operate as a stage carriage'.therefore, in law the appellants/petitioners-insurers are not exempt from their liability to pay compensation under their respective 'act policies' by mere reason of 'contract carriages' in question being plied as 'stage carriages' in breach of their permit condition since such a defence plea is not permissible under sub-section (2) of section 149 of the act ..... at the material time, having been used by the insured owners thereof as stage carriages in breach of condition of their insurance policies as also of their respective permits issued by the prescribed authority under the act for their use only as 'contract carriages', they were not liable in law to indemnify the insured owners and pay compensation ..... ground that the respective vehicles which were plying as 'contract carriages' had been used as 'stage carriages' when the respective accidents occurred, and in violation of the ..... and writ petitions by the appellants/petitioners-insurers is:'whether the insurer is not liable to indemnify the insured owner of a 'contract carriage' against any liability incurred by him on account of death of or bodily injury to third party caused by use ofthe vehicle if the vehicle is used by him as a stage carriage' in a public place in breach of the condition of its permit'?2. .....

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Sep 12 2013 (HC)

Present:- Mr. H.S. Sawhney Senior Advocate With, Vs. Versus

Court : Punjab and Haryana

..... writ petition is to clause 17 of a scheme for private bus service in haryana under stage carriage permits (application form and introductory information) (annexure-p-2) issued by the state transport authority, haryana, in pursuance to the scheme prepared under sub-section 2 of section 100 of the motor vehicles act, 1988 (in short 1988 act ) being ultra vires of the provision of section 117 of the 1988 act and chapter-ix of the haryana motor vehicles rules, 1993 (in short 1993 rules ).prayer has ..... under section 99 read with section 100 of the 1988 act, the state of haryana formulated a scheme which was notified on 3.11.1993 (annexure-p-1).in pursuance to the said statutory scheme, the state transport authority formulated a scheme for private bus service in haryana under the stage carriage permits as provided for under clause 3 of ..... the scheme also provided for the fare structure, free passes, time schedule, specifications of proposed stage carriages, responsibilities of the owner, grant of permits, performance as an operator, withdrawal of the buses, number of stage carriage permits to be granted, requirement for submission of applications, draw of lots for grant of permits amongst the eligible candidates apart from drawing ..... section 186(2) provides that the regional transport authority may direct that in an urban area, in any street or any road notified by him in this behalf, no stage carriage shall take up or set down passengers except at the place appointed by him at a bus stop .....

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Sep 12 1995 (HC)

National Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Smt. Leelavathi and ors.

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : 2(1997)ACC609

..... under the head limitations as to use it is stated, inter alia, thus:use only under a contract carriage or stage carriage permit within the meaning of the motor vehicles act, 1939.there is no serious dispute that the bus in question had a permit either as a contract carriage or stage carriage. ..... 431, in which it is stated thus -the defence that the vehicle was not having a valid permit is not against the insured to the third party under section 96(2) of the act. .....

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Apr 24 2006 (HC)

Suo Motu Vs. State of Gujarat and 31 ors.

Court : Gujarat

Reported in : II(2007)ACC638; (2006)3GLR1960

..... it means any motor vehicle used or adapted to be used for the carriage of the passengers for hire or reward and includes a maxicab, motorcab, contract carriage and stage carriage.section 65 of the act empowers the state government to make less and by virtue of it, the state is authorized to make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of chapter (iv), which pertains to registration of motor vehicles.chapter viii of the act deals with control of traffic.section 112 of the act is in relation to the limits of speed. ..... it means a road, street, way or other place, whether a thoroughfare or not, to which the public have a right of access and includes any place or stand at which passengers picked up or set down by a stage carriage.section 2(35) of the act defines spublic service vehicle. ..... places, fix such maximum speed limits or minimum speed limits as it thinks fit for the motor vehicle.section 115 of the act deals with the power to restrict the use of vehicles.section 116 of the act deals with the power to erect traffic signs.section 118 of the act authorizes the central government to frame driving regulations.section 119 of the act prescribes that every driver of the motor vehicle shall obey the traffic sings and drive his ..... at this juncture, we may refer to certain provisions of the m v act and also the rules.section 2 of the act gives definitions of various terms.section 2(34) of the act defines spublic place. .....

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Apr 26 1967 (HC)

Bharani Roadways (P.) Ltd. Vs. Safe Service Ltd. and anr.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1967)2MLJ460

..... by taking the view that rule 268-a, that we have earlier quoted, dealt only with the fixation or alteration of stages for stage carriages, and did not touch or affect the substance of the power with which the regional transport authority is clothed under section 48(3)(xxi) of the act, in respect of the grant of variation. ..... concerned with that part of the rule, which relates to the determination or alteration of stages for stage carriages, or, for the determination of timings. ..... this argument of interpretation, upon the definition of the word 'route' embodied in section 3, sub-clause (n) of the motor vehicles rules, as 'the shortest possible course on the existing road or roads connecting the termini,' and, also upon section 48(3)(xxi)(a) as amended by madras act (iii of 1964). ..... -a, already set forth by us, which condition, according to learned counsel, should be construed, not merely as a rule of guidance for the fixation of stages and timings, but as a part of the conditions of the permit of a town service route itself. ..... that question may become pertinent, only when either the stages have to be fixed under the rules, or the conditions to be embodied in the permit as a town service route have to ..... the relevant formalities in section 57(3) of the motor vehicles act were gone through, and the ..... it was doubted at one stage of the argument whether this was a town service route at all, for the simple reason that both the termini of this circular route lay outside the municipal limits, .....

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Nov 11 1935 (FN)

Graham Vs. White-phillips Co., Inc.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... and the court below rightly undertook to determine for itself the meaning and effect of the pertinent sections as with other enactments, the negotiable instrument law must be interpreted in view of the intended end -- here, the free circulation of negotiable paper -- and the meaning attributed by the courts to the language employed. ..... but if the bona fides of the defendants must be judged of from their acts, purposes, and knowledge as they existed upon the day of the purchase, then the notice served is only prima facie or presumptive evidence of mala fides, and may be rebutted by proof that the notice was lost, or ..... 487 , a definite construction of the negotiable instrument law by the state supreme court, binding upon the local tribunals, must be accepted by the federal courts. ..... a construction of the illinois uniform negotiable instrument act, by the appellate court of illinois, not approved by the state supreme court otherwise than by a naked denial of an application for review of the case by certiorari, is not binding on the federal courts. p. ..... the illinois negotiable instrument act provides: "holder in due course defined. ..... he must act in good faith. ..... illinois negotiable instrument act, 52(4); 56, construed. p. .....

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