State not empowered to frame rules for motor driving schools: Allahabad High Court
Prayagraj(PTI): The Allahabad High Court has held that Section 27 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 empowers the central government to make rules for licensing and regulating motor driving training schools.The state government is not competent to frame rules in this regard.
The Uttar Pradesh government had issued an order in 2023 laying down Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for private motor driving training schools and their operation which was challenged before the High Court.
Allowing the writ petition filed by UP Motor Training School Owners Association and seven others, a high court bench comprising Justices Anjani Kumar Mishra and Jayant Banerji struck down the government order.
The counsel for the petitioners had submitted that the central government alone has the power to make rules for the purpose of licensing and regulating schools or establishments for imparting instructions in driving of motor vehicles and related matters.
The bench in its order dated October 25, 2024 observed, "Section 28 of the Act which empowers the state government to frame rules clearly bars it from framing rules regarding which the power vests with the central government."
"Various paras and clauses of the impugned Government Order by which the petitioner is aggrieved, in our considered opinion clearly fall within the domain of rule-making power of Central Government alone," the bench said.
"The submission of learned Standing Counsel that the impugned Government Order merely supplements the rules framed by the central government cannot be accepted," the court added.
Welcoming the judgment, KM Bajpai, President of UP Motor Training School Owners Association said, "We expect that while taking any further decision, the state would take care of the interest of motor driving school operators."
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
