Supreme Court of India

Nirmala Kothari v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd.

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Reported as [2020] 3 S.C.R. 1189
Bench Navin Sinha and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 4 March 2020

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.149(2)(a)(ii) – Fatal accident – Insurance claim – Repudiation of claim on the ground tha t driver did not possess proper driving licence at the time of ac cident which amounted to breach of conditions under s.149(2)(a) – Plea of insurance company that the driving licence purported to have bee n issued by the licencing authority, Sheikh Sarai, Delhi c ould not be verified as the concerned officer of the licencing authority deposed that the record of the licence was not available with them – Held: While hiring a driver, an employer is expected to verify if the

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