IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.505 of 1995 Date of decision:29.06.2010 New India Assurance Company ....Appellant versus Smt. Mohindro Devi and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Nilesh Bhardwaj, Advocate, for Mr. Subhash Goyal, Advocate, for the appellant. None for the respondents. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) The appeal is by the Insurance Company challenging the award on the ground of want of valid driving licence. The Tribunal had considered this aspect by observing that such a contention by the Insurance Company had not been established and it is found that the statement of one Dalip Kumar-RRW1 that the licence was a fake one could not be accepted. I find the original register had not been secured from the licencing authority, Gurdaspur to prove positively that there had been no issue of driving licence to the driver who produced the licence. The Tribunal relied on the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Skandia Insurance Company Versus Kokila Ben-AIR 1987 SC 1184, regarding the manner of proof and the liability of Insurance Company in FAO No.505 of 1995 - 2 - a case where it was attempting to plead a case for a want of driving licence. The award of the Tribunal accords with law and there is no scope for interference of this Court. The appeal is dismissed. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 29.06.2010 sanjeev