Supreme Court of India
Sree Gajanana Motor Transport Co. Ltd. v. The State of Karnataka and Ors.
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We hold that the impugned direction and notification by the Government was not invalid and that the Regional Transport Authority had not acted illegally in attaching the required condition to the permit.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, s. 43 ( 1 )-State Govemment can direct imposi tion of fixed rates 011 stage-carriage operators for carrying mails as condition -0/ permit-Ss. 48 (3) and 59 (3) ( c), such directions do not inlerfae with quasi judicial functions of Regional Transport Authority-Special provisions of s. 48 (3 )(XV) do not override general provisions of s. 43( !) (d) ( 1). The State Government issued a notification u/s 43(1) Motor Vehi~les Act, 1939, directing the State Transport Authority to impose the charge of certain uniform rates of freight upon the operators of stage-carriages
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