Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 178 · Decided 27 March 2001
Assurance CO., Shimla v. Kamla and ORS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 178 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 797
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2387/2001
- Decided
- 27 March 2001
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 463; Motor Vehicles Act Section 15, 149
Headnote
B , Motor Vehicles Act, 1988-Sections 15 & 149--Compensation-Third pany claim-Liability to pay-Denied on the ground that there was breach of policy as the driver of the vehicle was not holding valid licence and the licence produced was forged one-Plea of the insured that renewal of the licence to the insured if there is violaJion of any policy condition-Afake licence cannot get its forgery outfit stripped off merely on account of some officer "I renewing the same-What was originally aforgery would remain null and void forever and it would not acquire legal validity at any time
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