Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. vs Sh. Govind Singh on 11 May, 2016
8. Learned counsel for the appellant has cited a decision of this
Commission in First Appeal No. 68 of 2014; Universal Sompo General
Insurance Co. Ltd. vs. Sh. Purushottam Dutt Pant, decided on
24.02.2016, in which this Commission has held that there is no hill
endorsement made in the driving licence of driver. Section 193 of The
Uttar Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1998 clearly prohibits plying of a
public service vehicle or a goods vehicle on a hilly routes by a person, who
has not been permitted by the registering authority and not endorsed
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driving licence. There was no hill endorsement so as to authorize him to
drive the vehicle in hill roads.