Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 378 · Decided 2 September 1999
Ashok Gangadhar Maratha v. Oriental Insurance CO. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 378 · [1999] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 202
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4490/1996
- Decided
- 2 September 1999
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 2(21); Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
MARA THA v. ORIENT AL INSURANCE CO. LTD. SEPTEMBER 2, 1999 B [S. 'S-AGHIR AHMAD AND D.P. WADHWA JJ.] Motor Vehicle Act, 1988-Sections 2, 3, 66, 77, 78 and 79-Liability ., of insurer-Effective licence-ukfK.~t Motor Vehicle-Such a vehicle, even though designed to be used as a goofis carrier for a goods ca"iage nor carrying any goods on the date of acddent­ Insurer neither pleaded nor produced ihat the vehicle in question was having a permit for goods carriage-Held, licence to drive light Motor Vehicle D issued in Form 6 was an effective and valid licence to drive such a
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