Oriental Fire And General Insurance Co. ... vs M. Bhanumathi And Others on 28 December, 1989
17. Next we come to Oriental Fire and General Insurance Co. v. M. Chandra Rao, 1986 (2) An LT 606. In a batch of appeals which were decided by the learned single Judge, one of the questions was whether passengers carried in a goods vehicle the or injured due to the accident are liable to be compensated by the Insurance Company under S.95 of the Motor Vehicles Act. The learned single Judge, after a very elaborate consideration of Ss. 95 and 96 of the Act held that they are covered by the Act policy and the Insurance Company is liable and that a condition in the policy that the Insurance Company will 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. With great respect, we are unable to agree with this decision.