Oriental Fire & General Insurance ... vs Bondili Sitharam Singh And Others on 10 January, 1995
In so holding, the Division Bench disagreed with the views of M. Jagannadha Rao, J., (as he then was) in Oriental Fire & General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Matta Chandra Rao, 1987 Ace CJ 174 that passengers carried in a goods vehicle who died or were injured due to the accident were covered by the Act Policy and that the insurance company would be liable and that a condition in the policy that the insurance company would not cover the liability of persons carried in the vehicle for hire or reward contrary to the conditions of the permit would not be valid. However, I have to observe, with respect, that the view of M. Jagannadha Rao, J., were obiter because the two policemen who were given a lift by the goods vehicle in that case were found to be gratuitous passengers and the learned Judge held that the insurance company was not . liable.