Section 163(2) in The Chhattisgarh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1994
(2)On every public service vehicle space shall be reserved for the driver's seat as to allow him to have full and unimpeded control of the vehicle and in particular-(i)the part of the scat against which the driver's back rests shall not be less than 28 centimetres from the nearest point on the steering wheel;(ii)the width across the vehicle shall be not less than sixty-eight centimetres and shall extend to the left of the centre of the steering column in no case less than twenty-five centimetres and so that a line drawn parallel to the axis of the vehicle through the centre of any rear lever, brakes lever or other device to which the driver has to have frequent access lies not less than five centimetres inside the width reserved for the driver's seat.
