United India Insurance Company Ltd vs Nirmla Devi And Others on 24 September, 2019
"11.The Apex Court in National Insurance Co.
Ltd. Vs. Cholleti Bharatamma and others,
2008(1), SCC 423 specifically held that the
Insurance Company even in respect of the owner
is only liable if such owner travels in the cabin of
the truck and not if he is travelling in the rear of
the truck. Reference may be made to that
portion of the judgment wherein the Apex Court
held as follows:-