STATE OF WEST BENGAL vs NURUL AMIN

The Supreme Court interpreted Section 72(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, clarifying that while a Regional Transport Authority has discretion to grant or refuse stage carriage permits, it cannot modify the route to exclude a terminus specified in the application. The Court held that the Authority's decision to curtail the routes from Kolkata to Barasat violated the statutory provisions, thereby upholding the Division Bench's order to reconsider the applications with proper reasoning. The appeals were dismissed, reinforcing the need for adherence to the specified routes in permit applications.