Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court has put an interim keep on the restoration of Rs 3.46 lakh from the motive force on behalf of RSRTC administration for inflicting an accident whereas driving the bus. Along with this, the courtroom has issued discover to Roadways MD, Executive Director and Chief Manager of Anupgarh Depot and sought their reply. The courtroom has requested these officers that when the motive force of the opposite automobile concerned within the accident has been held responsible by the courtroom, then why is restoration being constituted of the roadways driver? The single bench of Justice Anup Kumar Dhand gave this order whereas conducting the preliminary listening to on the petition of Kamlesh Kumar Meena.
In the petition, advocate Harendra Neel informed the courtroom that whereas the petitioner was working as a driver at Anupgarh depot in Sriganganagar, the roadways administration gave him a cost sheet on September 19, 2019, saying that he had prompted an accident on September 1, 2019. This prompted monetary loss to the roadways administration and the conductor and a few passengers have been injured. The roadways administration knowledgeable the petitioner that Rs 27.76 lakh had been spent in repairing the bus and out of this, other than the insurance coverage quantity, the roadways needed to bear Rs 10.48 lakh.
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At the identical time, after the report of the investigating officer, the administration issued an order on May 17, 2023 and recovered Rs 3.46 lakh from the petitioner. The petition mentioned that after the accident, he had lodged a report in opposition to the involved automobile on September 3, 2019. At the identical time, the courtroom had discovered the motive force responsible and punished him on February 8, 2021. In such a state of affairs, the accident was not attributable to the negligence of the petitioner, therefore restoration can’t be constituted of him. Hearing this, the only bench issued a discover to the involved authorities and put a keep on the restoration being constituted of the petitioner.
