Tourist Buses Not Allowed To Pick Up And Drop Off Passengers Like A Stage Carriage: Kerala High Court
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Tourist Buses Not Allowed To Pick Up And Drop Off Passengers Like A Stage Carriage: Kerala High Court

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The Kerala High Court held that tourist buses operating as contract carriages have a prior contract between the passenger or a group of passengers and the operator and they cannot pick up and drop off passengers enroute their journey when those passengers are not included in its prior contract. They challenged Rule 6, Rule 10 and Rule 13 of All India Tourist Vehicles Rules, 2023 that enable tourist buses with All India Tourist Permits to operate like stage carriages to pick up and drop off passengers with regular daily trips on specified routes. A Contract Carriage is not expected to run as a daily carriage service as it is based on a prior contract between an operator and a passenger/passengers to ply from one destination to another destination.” The Court stated that stage carriage vehicles, like those operated by the KSRTC, are meant to help the general public who travel from one destination to another. The Court further stated that a tourist vehicle remains a contract carriage vehicle and they do not get authority under All India Tourist Vehicles Rules to operate as a stage carriage.

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