Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 739 · Decided 18 November 1997
National Insurance CO. LTD. v. Santro Devi and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 739 · [1997] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 217
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7749/1997
- Decided
- 18 November 1997
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, M. SRINIVASAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: accident-Compensation claimed-Tribunal held that driver was holding valid licence-Held, claimants were rightly granted compensa1ion-Observations and findings of High Court on a C presumed question of law regarding renewal of a forged driving licence struck down. A motor Before the Tribunal a question was raised whether the driver of the motor vehicle was holding a valid driving licence. The Tribunal D held that the licence was valid and had been validly renewed. On appeal, the High Court affirmed the findings of the Tribunal. Before the Division Bench of the
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