IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.R. No. 3534 of 2011 Date of decision: 31.5.2011 M/s A.B.Sugars Limited … Petitioner versus Bajaj Allianz General Ins. Co. and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND KUMAR Present: Mr. P.S.Thiara, Advocate, for the petitioner ... ARVIND KUMAR, J: The present petitioner is the owner of truck No. PB- 07U/4803 and is respondent No.2 in the claim petition filed by Kuldip Kaur etc. on account of death of Prem Singh in the accident wherein the said truck was involved. Respondent No.1- Joginder Singh is the driver of the said truck. The present petitioner-owner is aggrieved with order dated 7.3.2011 by dint of which his application for additional evidence to summon an official from the office of District Transport Officer (DTO), Hoshiarpur, to provide the driving licence/renewal of said Joginder Singh has been dismissed. The facts are that initially, the evidence of respondent No. 2 was closed by order of the Court dated 23.9.2010. The main ground for dismissing the present application is that the driving licence, referred to, is in fact of Swaran Singh who is father of Joginder Singh and not of Joginder Singh and he is trying to adopt the driving licence of some other person by filing the application for additional evidence. Hence, the present revision. Counsel for the petitioner contends that there is a driving licence in the name of Joginder Singh bearing No. 12049, valid from 2.2.2006 to 1.2.2009, with endorsement of old licence and this licence covers the date of accident and has also referred to subsequent licence as well which is again in the name of Joginder Singh bearing No. 2121 C.R. No. 3534 of 2011 -2- dated 19.5.2009, indicating that the old driving licence No. 12049 of the year 2006 was further renewed upto 18.5.2012. There is no indication in both the licences that the same belong to Swaran Singh father of Joginder Singh. The validity of the driving licence of the driver is an important issue in motor accident claim cases. It will help the Tribunal to adjudicate upon the issue in a proper manner. In this back-drop of the facts, the petitioner- owner deserves an opportunity to prove that in fact Joginder Singh, driver of the vehicle was holding a valid driving licence on the date of the accident. In this back-drop of the facts, the present revision petition is allowed, impugned order is set aside and the petitioner is permitted to summon the record of the D.T.O. Hoshiarpur to prove the driving licence of Joginder Singh. May 31, 2011 ( ARVIND KUMAR ) JS JUDGE