Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 206 · Decided 6 March 2018
Singh Ram v. Nirmala and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 206 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 36
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2103/2018
- Decided
- 6 March 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 - s. 166 - Compensation - Liability to pay when license fake - On facts, insured did not hold a valid driving licence at the time of the incident - Liability to pay compensation fastened on owner-cum-driver of the offending vehicle by Insurance company directed to pay and recover from the owner - Interference with - Held: Not called for - Owner did not depose in evidence - He produced a licence which was found to be fake - Another licence he sought to produce had already expired before the
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