Rajesh Kumar S/O Omprakash Saini v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Transport operators challenged the amendment to Rule 81 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules imposing Rs. 50 per day as additional fee for delayed renewal of fitness certificates. The court held the impost punitive in nature, without statutory sanction, declared it ultra vires Sections 64(o) and 211 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and prohibited its levy.
What did the court decide?
Note to Serial No. 11A of Rule 81 CMVR declared ultra vires and inoperative; respondents barred from levying additional fee per day of delay in fitness certificate renewal.