https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185206 A permit authority deciding a stage carriage application under section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 must exercise an independent quasi-judicial judgment on the relevant statutory factors. A Government Order issued under section 43-A cannot fetter that discretion or operate as binding policy where it excludes matters relevant to section 47. If the authority treats such an order as obligatory, the decision is vulnerable because relevant considerations are displaced. On the analysis noted, the Tribunal's language showed it felt bound by the Government policy, and the High Court's remand for a fresh decision without that constraint was upheld as correct. en-us Mon, 03 Dec 1973 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 18:42:55 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185206 A permit authority deciding a stage carriage application under section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 must exercise an independent quasi-judicial judgment on the relevant statutory factors. A Government Order issued under section 43-A cannot fetter that discretion or operate as binding policy where it excludes matters relevant to section 47. If the authority treats such an order as obligatory, the decision is vulnerable because relevant considerations are displaced. On the analysis noted, the Tribunal's language showed it felt bound by the Government policy, and the High Court's remand for a fresh decision without that constraint was upheld as correct. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 03 Dec 1973 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=185206