FAO No.1752 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1752 of 2011 Date of Decision : 19.08.2011 M/s Kartar Bus Service Ltd. .......Appellant Versus Jaspreet Kaur and others .......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA CHAUHAN Present: Mr. Deepak Arora, Advocate, for the appellant. **** JITENDRA CHAUHAN, J. (ORAL) Heard. The learned counsel contends that the appellant exercised due care and caution before appointing respondent No.5, Charanjit Singh, as driver. He refers to the statement of Satnam Singh, RW4, Clerk, DTO Jalandhar, who stated that the renewal of the driving licence in question was duly entered in the record. However, the fact remains that the licence held by the driver was a fake one as is proved from the statement of RW3, Amarjit Kaur, Clerk, DTO Hoshiarpur. In view of the fact that the driving licence held by the driver was fake, the subsequent renewals would not render any authenticity to such a document. The argument of the learned counsel 1 FAO No.1752 of 2011 that the appellant had no extra means to verify the record is of no substance in view of the fact that nothing has been placed on record to prove that he made any effort to verify from the issuing authority regarding the genuineness/veracity of the driving licence held by the driver. Thus, the present appeal is without any merit and the same is hereby dismissed in limine. ( JITENDRA CHAUHAN ) 19.08.2011 JUDGE atulsethi Note: Whether to be referred to reporter ? Yes/No 2