PIL seeking direction on safety measures in buses dismissed

The Madras High Court today dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu government to ensure safety measures as per rules in all state run buses and to provide adequate facilities at bus terminals.

The division bench, comprising Justices S Manikumar and Subromonium Prasad, which dismissed a petition, also slapped a cost of of Rs 10,000 on the petitioner, to be paid to the Juvenile Justice Fund.

The court said it is frivolous petition filed only for publicity and not a Public Interest Litigation as no public interest is involved.

Petitioner Jawahar Shanmugam submitted that the conditions of state run transport corporation buses was very poor, compared to those run by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala