Supreme Court Decision: Many rules related to traffic have been made in India. Driving license is required to drive a vehicle and to make a driving license you must be at least 18 years of age. If you are caught without a driving license, there is a provision of punishment along with fine. Recently the Supreme Court has given an important decision regarding driving license, which is very important for drivers to know about. Let’s know –
Breaking News – (Supreme Court). If you drive a car, bike, or scooter, then it is most important to have a driving license for this. If you are caught without a driving license, then you may have to go to jail along with a heavy fine. The government changes the traffic rules from time to time. Recently the Supreme Court has given an important decision regarding driving license.
This decision of the court will provide relief to the drivers. That is, the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has upheld its 2017 decision. The Supreme Court has said that Light Motor Vehicle (LMV Rule) license holders can also drive light transport vehicles. Such license holders can drive transport vehicles weighing less than 7500 kg.
The court says that till now no such data has come to light, which determines that LMV license holders have contributed to the increase in road accidents. This decision has been given by a five-member Constitution Bench headed by former Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. This bench also included Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Justice P S Narasimha, Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Manoj Mishra. The bench had earlier reserved its decision.
Court’s decision is a big blow to insurance companies –
Supreme Court (Supreme Court News) Insurance companies have suffered a major setback with this decision. Because insurance companies earlier used to reject claims in cases where accidents involved vehicles driven by people who did not have a driving license for a transport vehicle (driving license new rules). The apex court has upheld its 2017 decision, in which light motor vehicle license holders were allowed to drive transport vehicles weighing up to 7500 kg.
The Supreme Court clarified the issue in the decision-
The Supreme Court has also clarified the issue in its decision whether a person holding a light motor vehicle (LMV) driving license can actually drive such a light motor vehicle with that license. The court has also examined which vehicles fall under the category of light motor vehicles according to weight.
Disputes were also kept in mind-
Many insurance companies (Insurance companies LMV case) were also playing games in the case of driving license. In some cases of accidents caused by transport vehicles, many insurance companies were whitewashing the payment of claims. Many legal questions arose regarding these vehicles being driven by those holding LMV driving license. The Supreme Court (supreme court decision) has also taken into consideration these questions and the disputes of insurance companies’ reluctance in making payments in its decision.
This was the complaint of the insurance companies-
Actually, the complaint of the insurance companies was that their objections have been ignored by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) and various courts and instructions to pay the insurance claim have been given by the courts. Many types of objections were raised by the insurance companies regarding the LMV driving license (LMV rules). Now the Supreme Court has cleared all the doubts by defining LMV and giving the decision (SC decision in LMV case).
