Deprecating the conduct of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) in taking false and diametrically opposite stands before the two different legal fora to suit its purpose in an accident case, the High Court of Karnataka directed the Managing Director of the KSRTC to come out with a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to prevent such misconduct by its officers.
Justice Suraj Govindaraj issued the direction while taking a serious note of this misconduct on the part of the KSRTC, which is a public sector undertaking.
The court found that the KSRTC had defended one its drivers before a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in a road accident occurred in 2015 near Jas toll plaza near Nelamangala in which two persons riding on a motorcycle had died as a result of collision between the KSRTC bus and the two-wheeler.
