[WA Nos.444/2014, 445/2014, 1039/2014, 29614/2016]
Amit Rawal, J.
Three intracourt appeals have been filed –
one by the State of Kerala (W.A.No.1039 of 2014) and
other two by the Kerala State Transport Corporation
(W.A.Nos.444 and 445 of 2014) against the judgment
of the Single Bench dated 07.02.2014 whereby two
writ petitions bearing Nos.28934 of 2013 and 22693
of 2013, with the following prayers, have been
allowed:
(i) Declare that Rule 212 of the Kerala
Motor Vehicles, 1989 to the extent it ousts
the jurisdiction of the transport authority to
prescribe a schedule of timings for stage
carriages belonging to the State Transport
Undertakings is ultra vires the Motor Vehicles
Act,1988.