Grills On Bus Windows, Ban On Employing Drivers With Speeding Challan: MP High Court Issues Guidelines For Safe Travel Of School Children

The Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court while deciding a batch of public interest litigation pleas issued comprehensive guidelines to be followed for safety and and protection of children traveling in school buses until the State Government amends the Madhya Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1994. A division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi with regard to the issue of framing of guidelines for safety measures to avoid such type of the incidents in future, the court observed that the State Government enacted Madhya Pradesh Niji Vidyalaya Vidheyak, 2017 to regulate the fee structure and other related issues in respect of private schools in the State of Madhya Pradesh, in which there is no such provisions for control and management of school buses. The court referred to the amended Chhattisgarh Motor Vehicle Rules, 1994 wherein Rules 76B and 76C were inserted in respect of the conditions for school bus permits and the conditions for permit of vehicles taken on hire by educational institutions for use as school bus. The guidelines are as follows: The following conditions shall be attached to every school bus Permit and every vehicle taken on hire by educational institutions for use as a school bus namely: