T.P.S. MANN, J. - Petition filed by Umed Singh-respondent under Section110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) for the grant of compensation of Rs. 75,000/-on account of receiving injuries suffered by him in a road accident, was partlyaccepted and he was granted the compensation of Rs. 16,000/-alongwith costs and interest at the rate of 12% per annum, to be paid byKewal Singh-respondent No. 2 and Gobind Ram-appellant, who were driver and owner of the offending vehicle, jointly and severally.Aggrieved of the same, the owner of the offending vehicle has filed thepresent appeal.

F.A.O. No. 172 of 1988

2. The only controversy in the present case is as to who has to pay the amount of compensation. Whether it was to be paid by the owner and driver of the offending vehicle or by the InsuranceCompany with which the vehicle in question was insured?

3. The offending truck bearing registration No. RJK-7006 was owned by one Mohinder Singh. It stood insured with respondent-Insurance Company for third party risks with effect from 8.8.1985 upto 7.8.1986. The accident in question took place on 11.1.1986,which was admittedly within the currency of the in