A Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka has dismissed State government’s appeal against a single judge order directing the transport authorities to register under “Bharat (BH)” series the new non-transport vehicles of employees having transferable jobs in private companies.
Observing that the Central government had amended the Motor Vehicles Rules in 2021 to enable registration for employees working in certain sectors having transferable jobs, the Bench said that “once the rules framed under Section 65 of the MV Act by the Central are made applicable, the State governments have to implement it in view of the constitutional mandate provided under Article 256 of the Constitution.”
The Bench comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B. Varale and Justice M.G.S Kamal passed the order while upholding the single judge’s order of December 16, 2022.
