Plea in HC against bus fare hike

A petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court requesting the court to issue a direction to the state government not to revise the bus fare, based on the recommendations by the fare revision committee.

 The writ petition was filed by C R Damodaran Nair of Muvattupuzha, under Article 226 of the Constitution, against the state of Kerala, the Secretary of the Transport Department, the Transport Commissioner and the chairman of the fare revision committee.

The petitioner, pointed out that the government has already announced that fare revision will come into effect effective from October 10.