Supreme Court of India

National Insurance Company Ltd. v. Annappa Irappa Nesaria and Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 1 S.C.R. 1061
Bench S.B. Sinha and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 22 January 2008

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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 not possess effective driving licence since he only had a licence to drive a light motor vehicle -- Tenability of - Held: Not tenable - Prior to 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', hence, person

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