New Delhi:
In a aid for business car drivers, the Supreme Courtroom on Wednesday held that an individual holding a driving licence for a lightweight motorized vehicle (LMV) can also be entitled to drive a transport car with an unladen weight not exceeding 7,500 kg.
The judgement of a five-judge Structure bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud is a jolt to insurance coverage corporations which had been rejecting claims if accidents concerned transport automobiles of a specific weight and if the drivers weren’t authorised to drive them as per authorized stipulation.
“There isn’t a empirical knowledge that LMV driving licence holders are answerable for the rise in highway accidents within the nation,” Justice Hrishikesh Roy, who wrote the unanimous verdict for the bench, mentioned.
He mentioned the LMV driving licence holders, who spent most time behind the wheels, are looking for a solution from the court docket and their grievances can’t be rejected on technical grounds.
Apart from Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Roy, the bench additionally comprised Justices PS Narasimha, Pankaj Mithal and Manoj Misra.
The bench had reserved its verdict on August 21 on the vexatious authorized difficulty after Legal professional Basic R Venkataramani, showing for the Centre, had submitted that the consultations to amend the Motor Autos (MV) Act, 1988 are “nearly full”.
The highest court docket requested the Centre to finish the train of amending the legislation on the earliest.
The authorized query, which was answered by the bench, was whether or not an individual holding a driving licence for a lightweight motorized vehicle (LMV) can also be entitled to drive a transport car with an unladen weight not exceeding 7,500 kg.
The difficulty has given rise to numerous disputes over cost of claims by insurance coverage corporations in accident instances involving transport automobiles being pushed by these possessing licences to drive LMVs.
The insurance coverage corporations have been alleging that the motor accident declare tribunals (MACTs) and the courts have been passing orders asking them to pay insurance coverage claims, disregarding their objections with regard to the LMV driving licence.
The courts have been adopting a pro-insured strategy whereas deciding insurance coverage declare disputes, the insurance coverage corporations had mentioned.
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