Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 576 · Decided 3 July 2017
Mukund Dewangan v. Oriental Insurance Company Limited
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 576 · [2017] 7 S.C.R. 765
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5826/2011
- Decided
- 3 July 2017
- Bench
- ARUN MISHRA, AMITAVA ROY, SANJAY KISHAN KAUL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: A B ss.3, 10(2), 2(21) - Transport vehicle - Whether a driver who c is having a licence to drive 'light motor vehicle' and is driving 'transport vehicle' of that class is required additionally to obtain an endorsement to drive a transport vehicle - Held: When the motor vehicle' is read with s.10(2)(d), it is clear that 'light motor vehicle' is also a 'transport vehicle', the gross vehicle weight or unladen weight of which does not exceed 7500 D kgs. as specified in the provision - A driver is issued a licence as per the class of vehicle i.e. light motor
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