P&H: Stage Carriage Permit restores renewal under 1988 Act, says transferee cannot suffer for original holder’s caste certificate cancellation under 1939 Act

(i) Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, Ss.47(1-A), 47(1-B), Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.217(2)(b) — Stage carriage permit — Reservation for Scheduled Castes — Permit initially granted to an SC candidate under the 1939 Act and later transferred to the petitioner under the 1988 Act, who is...

(ii) Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.89 — Appeal against grant of permit — Delay — Challenge to original grant of permit filed after about 11 years was dismissed as time barred and order attained finality — Later order cancelling renewal could not reopen settled validity...

(iii) Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 217(2)(b) — Transfer of stage carriage permit — After permit was transferred to petitioner in 2005, petitioner held it independently in his own right — Petitioner could not be made to suffer for any alleged wrong attributable to original...

(iv) Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, Ss.47(1-A), 47(1-B), Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.217(2)(b) — Repeal and savings — Scope — Saving clause continued permit issued under repealed 1939 Act under same conditions only so long as it remained with original holder — It did not mean...

(v) Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, Ss.47(1-A), 47(1-B), Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.217(2)(b) — Permit — Cancellation of original permit holder’s SC certificates did not by itself invalidate petitioner’s transferred and renewed permit, particularly when permit had not been cancelled and petitioner was bona fide transferee...