1936 (1) TMI 24

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....ion empowers the Commissioner of Police to make rules, among others, for regulating traffic of all kinds in streets and public places, and the use of streets and public places by persons riding, driving, cycling, walking cr leading or accompanying cattle, so as to prevent danger, obstruction or inconvenience to the public, and Rule 12 framed under this section runs thus: No person shall occupy ....

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....ence before it the Court convicted the accused and fined him. It could be gathered from this that the Magistrates were satisfied that the accused caused obstruction to the traffic by occupying a portion of the public street. If this rule was applicable, and if the Magistrate were satisfied that such obstruction was iused, this Court would be slow to interfere with that finding in revision. But, in....

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....ffic. That being the case, in our opinion, the case would fall under the specific words of Section 22, Clause (c), and the rules framed thereunder rather than under any rule under Section 22(b) of the Act; Section 22(c) speaks about regulating conditions under which vehicles may remain standing in streets, and Rule 1 clearly speaks of a person allowing his vehicle to be halted or kept standing at ....