UNITED INDIA ASSURANCE CO LTD Vs. KULDEEP SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal is filed by the insurance company against whom the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal had passed the award to pay compensation to the claimants-respondents.

(2.) Learned counsel for the appellant insurance company argued that the insurance company could not have been made liable and directing it to pay the amount because the respondent driver is not proved to have been driving with a valid driving licence. He has further argued that the owner and the driver were called upon to produce the driving licence which they have not produced and hence the owner and driver only should have been made liable to pay the amount.

(3.) From the certified copy of the orders produced by the learned counsel for the appellant it can be found that two orders were passed in this connection, i.e., order dated 22.1.2001 and 12.2.2001. The text of order dated 22.1.2001 is as under: