FAO No.1 of 2001 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No.1 of 2001 DATE OF DECISION: January 18, 2011 NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. ...APPELLANT VERSUS KALYAN SINGH AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.KANNAN. 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? No 2. To be referred to the reporters or not? No 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the digest? No ---- PRESENT: MR. TEJINDERPAL SINGH, ADVOCATE FOR THE APPELLANT. NONE FOR THE RESPONDENTS. K.KANNAN, J.(ORAL) 1. The insurance company is in appeal challenging the liability on the ground that the driver had, at the relevant point of time, driving licence to drive scooter, motorcycle, car and jeep, but the vehicle that was involved in the accident was a tractor and he did to have a valid driving licence to driver a tractor. 2. The form of licence prescribed under Section 10 of the Motor Vehicles Act and stipulated in Form 6 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules does not stipulate a separate category of licence for a tractor. The tractor is a Light Motor Vehicle and if there is a driving licence to drive any of the category of Light Motor Vehicle, I would take that to be sufficient to drive a tractor as well. I cannot, therefore, accommodate the plea in appeal that the driver was not duly licenced. FAO No.1 of 2001 -2- 3. The liability cast on the insurer is, therefore, justified and the appeal by the insurance company is dismissed. January 18, 2011 (K.KANNAN) Gulati JUDGE