Balbir Singh S/O Sumer Singh v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Transport operators challenged the amended Rule 81 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 imposing an additional fee of Rs. 50 per day for delayed renewal of fitness certificates. Holding the levy punitive and without legislative sanction, the Division Bench declared the note to Serial No. 11A ultra vires Sections 64(o) and 211 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and barred its recovery.
What did the court decide?
Note to Serial No. 11A of Rule 81 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 declared ultra vires Section 64(o) read with Section 211 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and inoperative; respondents barred