Ramti Devi W/O Late Shri Malla Singh v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Transport operators challenged the amendment to Rule 81 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 imposing an additional fee of fifty rupees for each day of delay after expiry of a fitness certificate. The court held the impost punitive, not a fee, and ultra vires Sections 64(o) and 211 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, striking it down and restraining its levy on pending renewal applications.
What did the court decide?
Note to Serial No. 11A of Rule 81 CMVR declared ultra vires and inoperative; respondents restrained from levying additional delay fee on petitioners' fitness certificate renewals.