IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.2311 of 2002 (O&M) Date of decision:04.10.2010 National Insurance Company Limited ....Appellant versus Pawan Kumar and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. Ravinder Arora, 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) 1. The Insurance Company is in appeal in a case where the Tribunal found the driving licence produced by the driver to be fake and provided for a right of recovery against the insured. The liability to satisfy the claim even in cases of fake driving licence was considered at length by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in National Insurance Company Versus Swaran Singh (2004) 3 SCC 297, following its earlier decision in New India Assurance Company Versus Kamla-(2001) 4 SCC 342. FAO No.2311 of 2002 (O&M) - 2 - 2. The award has been issued in the manner that accords with law and there is no scope for interference in appeal. The appeal is dismissed. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 04.10.2010 sanjeev