Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd vs Premlata Shukla & Ors on 15 May, 2007
8. The learned counsel for the appellant Insurance Company relies upon the two decisions of the Supreme Court in case titled Oriental Insurance Company Limited Vs. Premlata Shukla and others reported in 2007 ACJ 1928 stating that if FIR is to be relied upon for all purposes, the absence of the vehicle number and the name of the driver of the offending vehicle would disentitle the claimants to make a plea of accident caused by the vehicle insured with the appellant. Relevant paras of the aforesaid judgments read as follows: