Supreme Court of India
United India Insurance Company Ltd. v. Lehru and Ors.
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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Ss. I 49(2)(a)(ii) and (7)-Car accident-Compensation-Insurance Company Ql'Oiding its liability on the ground that licence of the driver was fake-Held, where che owner has satisfied himself that the driver has a licence which on the face of it looks genuine, and the driver is competent to drive 'the vehicle', there would be no breach ofs.149(2)(a)(ii)-The Insurance Company would not then be absolved of liabilil)r-lf it ultimately turn~ out that the licence was fake, the Insurance Company would continue to remain liable unless they prove that the owner/insured was…
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Hind Samachar Ltd. (delhi Unit v. National Insurance Company Ltd. & Ors.
- 2023 Iffco Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Geeta Devi and Others
- 2020 Nirmala Kothari v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
- 2018 Ram Chandra Singh v. Rajaram and Ors.
- 2018 Amrit Paul Singh & Anr. v. Tata Aig General Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.
- 2015 Union of India & Ors. v. Dileep Kumar Singh
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 not applicable
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