1. O.P. No. 3 of 1956 is by the owner of bus T.C.Q. 1119. He has a permit to run the bus on the Haripad-Kozhencherri route. O.P. No. 7 of 1956 is by the driver of that bus. On 26.5.1955, the Circle Inspector of Police, Pathanamthitta, checked the bus at Nanukkadu. He reported to the Secretary, Road Traffic Board, Quilon, that the bus was found overload. The Board called for the explanations of the owner and the driver. The owner gave an explanation to the effect that there was no overloading and that he was not responsible for the overloading if any. The driver also denied the charge of overloading and also stated that even if there was overloading he was not responsible for the same. The Road Traffic Board suspended the permit of the bus for 6 months and also suspended the competency certificate of the driver for 6 months. Both the owner and the driver appealed to the Central Road Traffic Board. The Central Road Traffic Board reduced the period of suspension of the bus to one week and the period of suspension of the competency certificate of the driver to one month. In other respects the order of the Road Traffic Board was confirmed.

2. O.P. No. 8 of 1956 is by the driv