Overview
- Justice N. Nagaresh set aside the transfer of driver Jaimon Joseph and directed KSRTC to let him continue at its Ponkunnam unit.
- The judgment said the transfer to Pudukkad was a colourable exercise of power because no justifiable reason or memo of charges was presented.
- KSRTC told the court the move was an administrative transfer pending inquiry under Clause 11 of its transfer norms.
- The corporation also cited a 2024 cleanliness circular that bans placing items near the windscreen and instructs depots to install dustbins.
- The transfer followed Transport Minister K. B. Ganesh Kumar stopping the bus over empty bottles and alleged uncleanliness, while the driver said he kept two water bottles for a 210 km run with no cabin storage.