F.A.O.NO. 2681 OF 2001 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH F.A.O.NO. 2681 OF 2001 Date of decision:1st October, 2010 Oriental Insurance Company Limited, Shanti Nagar, New Delhi through its G.M.Gurgaon having its Regional Office in SCO No. 109- 111, Sector 17-D, Chandigarh through its duly constituted attorney. .......Appellant Versus Karan Singh and others ........Respondents BEFORE: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN Present: Mr. Neeraj Khanna, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. B.S.Rana, Advocate, for the claimants. 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 on the issue of liability on the ground that the driver did not have a valid driving licence. The documents were summoned to show that the driving licence was not genuine but the owner had given evidence to the effect that he had looked into the licence and he believed bonafide that the licence was genuine. The bonafide belief of the owner on an inspection of the document is sufficient to protect the insured to secure indemnity from the insurer as laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in National F.A.O.NO. 2681 OF 2001 2 Insurance Co. Ltd. v Swaran Singh (2004) 3 SCC 297. The award of the Tribunal is confirmed and the appeal is dismissed. [K.KANNAN] JUDGE 1st October, 2010 Shivani Kaushik