F.A.O.NO. 3251 OF 2001 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH F.A.O.NO. 3251 OF 2001 Date of decision:22nd September, 2010 National Insurance Company Limited Patiala Branch Office Dukhniwaran Sahib Road, Patiala through its Assistant Manager, Regional Office, Chandigarh. .......Appellant Versus Kuldip Kaur and others ........Respondents BEFORE: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN Present: Mr. Tejinder Pal Singh, Advocate, for the appellant. None for the respondents. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes/No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?Yes/No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Yes/No K.Kannan, J.(Oral) 1. The Insurance Company is in appeal challenging the liability on the ground that the driver had a driving licence to drive motor cycle, car and jeep and did not have a licence to drive the Tata Sumo vehicle which is involved in the accident. The claimants were the representatives of the deceased scooterist who died in collision with the insured's Tata Sumo vehicle. The form and content of licence stipulated under Section 10 of the Motor Vehicles Act makes no specific category for Tata Sumo vehicle and if he had a driving licence F.A.O.NO. 3251 OF 2001 2 to drive a car or a jeep, I would take that to be sufficient for driving a Tata Sumo vehicle also. The plea of exclusion of liability of the insurer is not tenable and the award passed by the Tribunal is confirmed. The appeal is dismissed. [K.KANNAN] JUDGE 22nd September, 2010 Shivani Kaushik