The Court was hearing a petition filed by S Chidambara Selvan, an employee of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation.
He challenged an SHRC order passed in September 2019, by which a sum of ₹30,000 was ordered to be paid to bus passenger on account of his human rights being violated by the crew of the bus.
The dispute arose from an incident on January 16, 2016. The complainant, N Ramesh Kumar, alleged that he was travelling on a government bus operating on Route No. 2V when the driver and conductor behaved rudely with him.
He claimed that the bus crew forcibly pushed him out of the bus and also failed to issue him a travel ticket. Kumar subsequently approached the SHRC alleging a violation of his human rights.
The transport corporation contested the complaint and placed on record documents including the route map and five sheets containing the bus travel records. The SHRC, however, concluded that the route map had been prepared subsequently to defeat the passenger’s claim.
On this basis, the Commission held that Kumar’s human rights had been violated and awarded him ₹30,000 as compensation.