Insurance Company to Pay Compensation despite Driver Not Having Valid License

Thanikodi Vs Parameswari (Madras High Court) The learned counsel for the appellant would contend that though the driver of the offending vehicle does not posses driving licence, the insurance company cannot be exonerated from the liability and they have to pay and recover and relied upon the National Insurance Company Limited vs. Swaran Singh & others reported in 2004 (1) TNMAC 104 (SC). The learned counsel for the Insurance Company has relied upon the judgment reported in 2020 (2) TNMAC 455 in the case of Beli Ram Vs Rajinder Kumar and another. In the case law of Hon’ble Apex Court,...