Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 82 · Decided 22 January 2008
National Insurance Company LTD. v. Annappa Irappa Nesaria and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 82 · [2008] 1 S.C.R. 1061
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 574/2008
- Decided
- 22 January 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 2(21), 2(16), 2(23)
Headnote
~ Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 -- r. 14 -- Form 4 -- 'Ii Driving licence -- Validity of -- Matador Van having 'goods c carriage' permit met with accident in 1999 resulting in death of a person -- Contention raised by insurance company that driver of the offending vehicle did driving licence since he only had a licence to drive a light motor vehicle -- Tenability of - Held: Not tenable - Prior to D amendment carried out in Form 4 w.e.f. 23-8-2001, a "light motor vehicle" covered both 'light passenger carriage vehicle' .. and 'light goods carriage vehicle',
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