(1) Where any person holding a conductors licence is convicted of an offence under this Act, the Court by which such person is convicted may, in addition to imposing any other punishment authorised by law, declare the person so convicted to be disqualified for such period as the Court may specify for holding a conductors licence .
(2) The Court to which an appeal lies from any conviction of an offence under this Act may set aside or vary any order of disqualification made by the Court below, and the Court to which appeals ordinarily lie from such Court, may set aside or vary any order of disqualification made by that Court, notwithstanding that no appeal lies against the conviction in connection with which such order was made.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 35
Section 35 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 empowers criminal courts convicting a conductor of any offense under the Act or any penal offense connected with passenger transit to disqualify them from holding a conductor's licence.
When prosecuting a conductor for criminal breach of trust, assault, or sexual harassment under Section 354 IPC / BNS, file a formal application requesting the trial magistrate to exercise powers under Section 35 to disqualify the accused from continuing as a conductor upon conviction.