Ram Babu Tiwari vs United India Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors on 1 August, 2008
18. Learned counsel for the insurance company has further cited a case
law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Ram Babu
Tiwari vs. United India Insurance Company Limited and others; III
(2008) ACC 776 (SC) and has argued that the driving licence renews
automatically only when application for renewal of driving licence is filed
within period of 30 days from the date of its expiry and in case an
application for renewal of driving licence is made more than 30 days after
the date of its expiry, the driving licence shall be renewed w.e.f. date of its
renewal. It was further held that as the renewal was not automatic, driver
of vehicle cannot be said to be holding valid driving licence on the date of
the accident.