HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

AT JAMMU

MA No. 425/2011

Reserved on:- 26.06.2020

Pronounced on:- 30 06.2020

National Insurance Company Ltd.

……Appellant(s)

Through :- Mr. Rajesh Kumar Advocate

v/s

Mst. Shamima and others

……Respondent (s)

Through :- None

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR, JUDGE

JUDGMENT

1.

National Insurance Company Ltd., (hereinafter referred to as the

„insurer‟) is in appeal against the award of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal,

Udhampur („Tribunal‟ for short) dated 20.05.2011 passed in a claim petition

titled “Mst. Shamima and others vs. Ravinder Singh and others”.

2.

The impugned award has been assailed by the insurer primarily on the

ground that issue No.3 framed by the Tribunal has not been correctly decided.

It is urged that as per the evidence on record, the driving licence possessed by

the driver of the offending v