F.A.O.NO. 220 OF 1997 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH F.A.O.NO. 220 OF 1997 Date of decision: 20th July, 2010 United India Insurance Company Ltd. .......Appellant Versus Gurdevi and others ........Respondents BEFORE: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN Present: Mr. Vishal Chaudhary, Advocate and Mr. Vinod Chaudhary, 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 cast on it on the ground that the licence although found to be fake was held by the Tribunal to have been renewed validly. It has been held by the Hon'ble Supreme Court that if there is a fake driving licence but the fact that the renewal was genuine would not make difference in the decision in United Indian Insurance v Divinder Singh (2007) 8 SCC 342. 2. The order of the Tribunal is modified and the appeal is F.A.O.NO. 220 OF 1997 2 partly allowed restricting liability of the insurer to make the payment only to the claimant and it will have a right of recovery against the insured. [K.KANNAN] JUDGE 20th July, 2010 Shivani Kaushik