https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168883 Emergency transport restrictions under the Defence of India Rules were treated as overriding the Motor Vehicles Act where security required prohibition or restriction of carriage on a specified route. The Court accepted that Rule 131(2)(gg) could bar private operators from plying there and that Rule 131(2)(i) authorised ancillary Government road transport arrangements. It also found no mala fides, no contravention of Section 44, and sufficient material showing prior governmental satisfaction that the notification was necessary and expedient for defence and public safety. The challenge to the route restriction therefore failed. en-us Fri, 08 Oct 1965 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 13:25:48 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168883 Emergency transport restrictions under the Defence of India Rules were treated as overriding the Motor Vehicles Act where security required prohibition or restriction of carriage on a specified route. The Court accepted that Rule 131(2)(gg) could bar private operators from plying there and that Rule 131(2)(i) authorised ancillary Government road transport arrangements. It also found no mala fides, no contravention of Section 44, and sufficient material showing prior governmental satisfaction that the notification was necessary and expedient for defence and public safety. The challenge to the route restriction therefore failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 08 Oct 1965 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168883