CBD Bus Check: HC orders CBD bus check for permit violations Kolkata | Kolkata NewsPosted by MMP News AuthorOn January 17, 2024

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has directed the state transport department and Kolkata Police to inspect all buses entering the central business district for repeated permit violations. Transport officials, along with DCP and the Maidan PS OC, will start the exercise on January 22.
The directive came following a PIL by petitioner Kakali Dutta who had claimed many buses in CBD and heading to Howrah bridge operated without permits and their services were illegal.
“Fine is a deterrent for a singular violation but it appears the violation continues and mere imposition of fine will not prevent the illegal operations… It is also not clear what happened after the State Transport Authority’s show cause notice dated March 13…” held the division bench of Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya. —Dwaipayan Ghosh
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