IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No. 1239 of 1994(O&M) DATE OF DECISION : 19th August, 2010 The Oriental Insurance Company ...Appellant Vs. Smt. Daya and others. ...Respondents Present : Mr.Sanjiv Pabbi, Advocate for the appellant None for the respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE K.KANNAN 1. Whether Reporter 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 validity of the driving licence to make the insurer liable is the point for consideration in this appeal by the insurer. Before the tribunal, the insurer brought on record the fact that the licence had been issued to Ram Pal, the driver involved in the accident which described the father’s name as Sukhbir Singh whereas the father’s name of the driver involved in the accident was Raghbir Singh. The Tribunal found that it was merely a mistake for the name and the place of issue and every other detail conformed to the driver. I am not persuaded to accept the contention that the licence was for some other person. The affixture of photograph in the licence would have made the differences but this case comes about during the time when affixture of photograph on a licence was not compulsory. After all, it was in evidence that the licensing clerk from Sonepat had given evidence for the fact that a licence had indeed been issued against FAO No. 1239 of 1994(O&M) -2- very same licence in the name of the very same person from the very same village. The co-incidence seem far too many to doubt the identity of the person. The appeal is Dismissed. (K.KANNAN) August 19, 2010 Judge p.singh