FAO No.1186 of 1995 and FAO No.1187 of 1995 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH FAO No.1186 of 1995 Date of decision September 13, 2010 The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. ....... Appellant Versus Balwinder Singh and others ........ Respondents FAO No. 1187 of 1995 The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. ....... Appellant Versus Raj Rani and others ........ Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:- Mr. Athar Ahmed , Advocate for the appellant. None for the respondents. **** K. Kannan, J (oral). 1. Both the appeals which arise out of the same accident are disposed of by a common order. 2. The plea of the Insurance Company was that in a communication addressed by the Company to the RTO, Cuttack there had been an endorsement in a letter stating that the license was verified and it was not found to be genuine. The insurer did no more than merely producing the communication between the Compnay and the RTO. No attempt was made to secure the original register or summon the witness connected with the document. An insurer could not be said to have FAO No.1186 of 1995 and FAO No.1187 of 1995 2 discharged the burden to proof that the license was not genuine especially in a case where there had been a renewal of license at another place at RTO Hamidpur. 3. The award of the Tribunal casting the liability on the insurer is under the circumstances justified and the award is confirmed. The appeals are dismissed. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE September 13, 2010 archana