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Definition :

Permit, a licence. An instrument granted by the officers of excise, certifying that the excise duties on certain goods have been paid, and permitting their removal from some specified place to another.

Means a permit issued by a State or Regional Transport Authority or an authority prescribed in this behalf under this Act authorising the use of a motor vehicle as a transport vehicle. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2 (31)]

The word 'permit' is to be understood indicative of a formal consent, grant or authorization or to giving of express licence, Ram Singh Pritam Singh v. Chief Commissioner, AIR 1968 P&H 470.

Means giving a passing consent or just, not hindering permit has been used in certain contexts as meaning 'to resign' 'to suffer' and not to prohibit etc., Ram Singh Pritam Singh v. Chief Commissioner, Union Territory, Chandigarh, AIR 1968 Punj 470.

Means one or two things: either to give leave for an act which without that leave could not be legally done, or to abstain from taking reasonable steps to prevent the act where it is within a man's power to prevent it, Berton v. Alliance Economic Investment Co., (1922) 1 KB 742.

The expression 'permit' has been defined to mean, 'a permit issued by a State or Regional Transport Authority or an authority prescribed in this behalf under the Act authorising the use of a motor vehicle as a transport vehicle. [See Motor Vehicles Act (59 of 1988), ss. 2(31), 71(4)]