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7. Bare reading of the aforesaid, makes it is manifestly clear that concededly, respondent No.2 was not holding a valid driving licence at the time of accident and therefore, the subsequent renewal of the it would not validate the same, as held by Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Kamla and others (supra), wherein the judgment of this Court in the case of National authenticity of this order/judgment FAO-76-1995 2023:PHHC:153157 3 Insurance Company Limited Vs. Sucha Singh and Others 1994 (1) P.L.R. 140, as relied upon by the Tribunal was overruled and it observed that, "As a point of law we have no manner of doubt that a fake licence cannot get its forgery outfit stripped off merely on account of some officer renewing the same with or without knowing it to be forged. Section 15 of the Act only empowers any licensing authority to renew a driving licence issued under the provisions of this Act with effect from the date of its expiry. No licensing authority has the power to renew a fake licence and, therefore, a renewal if at all made cannot transform a fake licence as genuine. Any counterfeit document showing that it contains a purported order of a statutory authority would ever remain counterfeit albeit the fact that other persons including some statutory authorities would have acted on the document unwittingly on the assumption that it is genuine."