No Criminal Negligence If Driver Moved Bus On Conductor’s Whistle, Unreasonable And Illogical To Attribute Negligence: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court set aside the conviction of a KSRTC bus driver, holding that following a conductor’s signal to move the vehicle cannot by itself amount to criminal negligence. The Court ruled that a driver acting on the conductor’s instructions performs a normal duty and cannot be faulted without evidence of recklessness.

Alcohol Ruins Everything: Bombay High Court Denies Railway Compensation to Drunk Passenger

The Bombay High Court denied railway accident compensation to an intoxicated passenger who admitted consuming four large pegs of alcohol before being hit while standing dangerously close to the platform edge. The Court said intoxication shows negligence, barring compensation.