Summarize the following court judgment. Special Leave Petition No. 1262 of 1980. From the Judgment and Order dated 19 2 1979 of the Allahabad High Court in C.M.W.P. No. 184 of 1975. section N. Kaicker	 Mrs. section Markendeya and section Markendeya for the Petitioners. The Order of the Court was delivered by KRISHNA IYER	 J. An order draped in relative brevity is sufficient since we are refusing leave to appeal although the issue raised is vires of a provision. After due fulfillment of the obligation for oral hearing	 we have considered the impact of two earlier decisions cited by Shri Kaicker sup 1025 posedly striking a note contrary to the judgment under attack but feel free why	 bound to dismiss the petition for special leave not merely because the High Court is right but because justice to the travelling public a lost cause on our made roads conscientises to that course. Tersely put	 the petitioner is the grantee of permits to ply minibuses as contract carriages and in the grant a condition has been fastened that the vehicle shall not be more than seven years old. Condition No. 18	 relating to Mini Buses Contract Carriage permits	 and the source of power	 section 51 (2) (x) read thus: That the vehicle covered by the permit shall be not more than four years old counted from the date of registration at any time during the validity of the permit. 51(2) The Regional Transport Authority	 if it decides to grant a contract carriage permit	 may	 subject to any rules that may be made under this Act	 attach to the permit any one or more of the following conditions	 namely: (x) any other conditions which may be prescribed. Section 51(2) (x) any other. 'Four years ' have been relaxed to seven years since September 23	 1978	 the beneficiaries being the bus owners and the potential victims being the unknown casualties who have no 'poor lobby ' power. The State must remember that it has responsibilities not merely to mini bus owners	 but also to avoid the daily tragedies on the Indian high ways under the lethal wheels of these whirling carriages. Section 51 (2) of the 	 is geared to public safety	 not private profit and casts a solemn duty not to be deterred by any pressure except the pressure of social justice to Indian lives moving in buses	 walking on roads or even standing on margins. If the top killer road accident is to be awarded death sentence	 section 51 and like provisions must receive severe enforcement. In this spirit although backtracking from 4 year old models to 7 year old models the state imposed condition 18. This was challenged artfully but unsuccessfully before the High Court and is attacked before us as ultra vires section 51(2) of the Act. We will examine briefly the submission to reach the conclusion that mere lexical legalism cannot sterilise the sensible humanism writ large on section 51(2) (x). If Indian life is not ultra vires Indian law every condition to save life and limb is intra vires such salvationary provision. This perspective of social justice simplifies the problem and upholds the High Court. Section 51(2) (x) authorises the impost of any condition	 of course	 having a nexus with the statutory purpose. It is undeniable that human safety is one such purpose. The State 's neglect in this area of policing 1026 public transport is deplorable but when it does act by prescribing a condition the court cannot be persuaded into little legalism and harmful negativism. The short question is whether the prescription that the bus shall be at a seven year old model one is relevant to the condition of the vehicle and its passengers ' comparative safety and comfort on our chaotic highways. Obviously	 it is. The older the model	 the less the chances of the latest safety measures being built into the vehicle. Every new model incorporates new devices to reduce danger and promote comfort. Every new model assures its age to be young	 fresh and strong	 less likely to suffer sudden failures and breakages	 less susceptible to wear and tear and moral fatigue leading to unexpected collapse. When we buy a car or any other machine why do we look for the latest model ? Vintage vehicles are good for centenarian display of curios and cannot but be mobile menaces on our notoriously neglected highways. We have no hesitation to hold	 from the point of view of the human rights of road users	 that the condition regarding the model of the permitted bus is within jurisdiction	 and not to prescribe such safety clauses is abdication of statutory duty. Two decisions Masi Ullah vs State Tribunal Appellate(1) and In re: Ramesh Chandra Tewari etc.(2) were cited as striking a contrary note. The first deals with section 48(3) of the Act and prescription of the model or year of the make was held ultra vires because	 lexically read	 it was held that the expression specified description in section 48(3) did not cover	 according to dictionaries	 the year of manufacture of the vehicle. We extract Black 's Law Dictionary on 'description ' to show how the model of a vehicle is obviously a facet of its description. 'Description ' means: (3) A delineation or account of a particular subject by the recital of its characteristic accidents and qualities. So	 dictionary versus dictionary leaves the matter at large	 apart from the plain function of the court to gather the meaning	 not under the dictatorship of dictionaries but guided by the statutory purpose without being deflected by logamachic exercises	 the mischief to be countered and the public interest to be advanced. We are clear that a later model is a better safeguard and	 more relevantly to the point	 the year of the make and the particulars of the model are part of the description. 1027 The unreported ruling in Civil Writ No. 7317 of 1975 interprets section 38 of the Act and the non issuance of the fitness certificate because the model was not recent enough. May be the vehicle	 regardless of the year of its make	 may be fit and the refusal to certify fitness merely because it is old may not always be right. But we see no conflict between a vehicle being fit to ride and the condition	 as an additional requirement and safety factor	 in the shape of the year of the model. This is an extra measure	 a further insurance against machine failure and cannot contradict the 'fitness ' provision. More reasons are	 superogatory	 less discussion will leave the law obscure. We hold the ration of the impugned ruling to be right and refuse leave to appeal. S.R. Petition dismissed.

Dismissing the special leave petition	 the Court ^ HELD: 1. Mere lexical legalism cannot sterilise the sensible humanism writ large on section 51(2)(x). If Indian life is not ultra vires Indian law every condition to save life and limb is intra vires such salvationary provision. [1025G] 2. Section 51(2) of the 	 is geared to public safety	 not private profit and casts a solemn duty not to be deterred by any pressure except the pressure of social justice to Indian lives moving in buses	 walking on roads or even standing on margins. If the top killer road accident is to be awarded death sentence	 section 51 and like provisions must receive severe enforcement. In this spirit although backtracking from 4 year old models to 7 year old models the state imposed condition 18. Section 51(2) (x) authorises the impost of "any condition" of course having a nexus with the statutory purpose. Human safety is one such purpose. [1025D F	 H] 3. From the point of view of the human rights of road users	 the condition regarding the model of the permitted bus is within jurisdiction and not to prescribed such safety clauses is abdication of statutory duty. There is no conflict between a vehicle being fit to ride and the condition as an additional requirement and safety factor in the shape of the year and the model. This is an extra measure	 a further insurance against machine failure and cannot contradict the 'fitness ' provision. [1126D	 1027A B]