https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173700 The Karnataka Contract Carriages (Acquisition) Act, 1976 was construed as extending to public service vehicles covered by its definition of contract carriage, not only vehicles already operating under an existing special permit at commencement. Read with the provisions barring fresh permits and renewals, the scheme showed a legislative intent to prevent any further grant of permits that would allow private operation of such vehicles as contract carriages. The effect was to preserve the acquisition scheme and the State transport corporation's monopoly, so a special permit under section 63(6) of the Motor Vehicles Act could not be granted after the Act came into force. en-us Mon, 12 Dec 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:21:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173700 The Karnataka Contract Carriages (Acquisition) Act, 1976 was construed as extending to public service vehicles covered by its definition of contract carriage, not only vehicles already operating under an existing special permit at commencement. Read with the provisions barring fresh permits and renewals, the scheme showed a legislative intent to prevent any further grant of permits that would allow private operation of such vehicles as contract carriages. The effect was to preserve the acquisition scheme and the State transport corporation's monopoly, so a special permit under section 63(6) of the Motor Vehicles Act could not be granted after the Act came into force. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 12 Dec 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173700