Raghavendra @ Raghavendra Reddy vs Sri. K. Ramachandra Murthy on 14 December, 2023
In this regard, he relies on the
decision in the case of SMT. SHIVLEELA AND OTHERS
VS. KARNATAKA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT
CORPORATION, BY MANAGING DIRECTOR,
BANGALORE4. In this decision, a Division Bench of this
Court was considering a case where certain passengers
were traveling on the roof top of the bus and the said bus
had met with an accident. It was held that the passenger
takes a risk by traveling in breach of law and he must
share the consequences flowing there from. It was
observed that though there is a duty cast on the driver
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ILR 2003 Kar. 3602