Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 133 · Decided 28 February 2003
United India Insurance Company LTD. v. Lehru and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 133 · [2003] 2 S.C.R. 495
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1959/2003
- Decided
- 28 February 2003
- Bench
- S.N. VARIAVA, B.N. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 96(2)
Headnote
B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Ss. I 49(2)(a)(ii) and (7)-Car accident-Compensation-Insurance Company Ql'Oiding its liability on the ground that licence of the driver was C fake-Held, where che owner has satisfied himself that the driver has a licence which on the face of it looks genuine, and the Company would not then be absolved of liabilil)r-lf it ultimately turn~ out that the licence was fake, the Insurance Company would continue to remain liable D unless they prove that the owner/insured was aware or had noticed that the licence was fake and still permitted that person to
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