Madras High Court seeks report on incidents of bus ticket books going missing
The Madras High Court has ordered the Transport Department to investigate the frequent loss of bus ticket books in Tamil Nadu. The court is considering mandating safety lockers for conductors to prevent further financial liability issues for employees.
Why it matters
This highlights systemic operational issues in public transport and addresses labor rights regarding unfair financial recovery from employees.
Madras High Court seeks report on incidents of bus ticket books going missing MADURAI The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Transport Department to file a report on the incidents of ticket books going missing in State Transport Corporations in Tamil Nadu in the past five years and the steps taken by the management to prevent them. Asking the department to work out the possibility of providing safety boxes to conductors in order to avoid such incidents in future, Justice B. Pugalendhi posted the matter for hearing to November 2. The court was hearing the petitions filed by V. Ashok of Madurai and U. M. Arulkumar of Ramanathapuram. The petitioners were working as conductors in Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation and State Express Transport Corporation respectively.
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