Yogesh Kumar S/O Shri Harpal Singh v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
A Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court held that the additional fee of fifty rupees per day for delay in applying for renewal of a fitness certificate is punitive in nature and not a fee for services. The Court declared the impugned provision ultra vires the enabling Act and allowed the writ petitions.
What did the court decide?
The note appended to Serial No. 11A of Rule 81 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 is declared ultra vires and inoperative. The respondents are restrained from levying any additional fee for del