F. A. O. No. 1806 of 2009 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : F. A. O. No. 1806 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision : April 24, 2009 M/s Northern Motors, Amritsar .... Appellant Vs. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and others .... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Rajinder Sharma, Advocate for the applicant-appellant. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : C. M. No. 9530-C-II of 2009 : For the reasons mentioned in the application, delay of 25 days in re-filing the appeal is condoned. Main Appeal : This is appeal by owner of the offending motorcycle impugning Award dated 06.11.2008 of learned Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Amritsar thereby allowing compensation to claimant-respondents no.2 to 5 under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (in short – the Act) and giving right to insurer-respondent no.1 to recover the same from the appellant. Learned counsel for the appellant contended that the appellant F. A. O. No. 1806 of 2009 (O&M) 2 had sold the vehicle to Massa Singh (respondent no.6), who was driving it at the time of accident and the sale was effected before the accident and therefore, the appellant is not liable. The contention is devoid of substance because admittedly, the alleged sale was not intimated to the Registering Authority of the vehicle. Consequently, the appellant continued to be registered owner of the vehicle on the date of accident and is therefore, liable along with Massa Singh jointly and severally to satisfy the Award. Learned counsel for the appellant also contended that the appellant did not know that the driving license of Massa Singh was fake and fabricated, as found by the Tribunal. This contention is also devoid of merit because the appellant's proprietor Tarlok Singh, while appearing in the witness-box, did not even state that he believed the driving license of the driver Massa Singh to be genuine. In view of the aforesaid, there is no infirmity in the impugned Award. The appeal is accordingly dismissed being without merit. April 24, 2009 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE