Seating Capacity - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition seating-capacity

Definition :

Seating capacity, of a vehicle is meant that capacity which is mentioned in the registration certificate of the vehicle. In that way, the expression seating capacity' has a fixed connotation. The expression 'seating capacity' cannot be a fluctuating concept, depending upon the number of passengers actually carried in the vehicle, B.B. Chawla v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1993 MP 241.