KSRTC

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is a state-owned public road transport corporation company in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is wholly owned by the Government of Karnataka. It serves routes to the state in Karnataka and connects it to the rest of the state and the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa and the Union territory of Puducherry. In June 2021, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation KSRTC responded to a challenge by Karnataka with respect to the use of acronym KSRTC by the Controller General of Patents Designs and Trade Marks, which is part of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. But since Kerala had registered the name in 1965 and Karanataka copied it much later in 1975, The case was transferred to the Madras Highcourt and it ruled that since Karnataka SRTC had purchased the domain names online without verification, in advance and both states can use the acronym KSRTC inorder to deescalate any dispute. As of April 2024, it has a fleet strength of more than 25000 vehicles.