He had numberdriving licence.
The owner resisted the claim companytending inter alia that he had already sold the vehicle to a third party and that vehicle was driven by the licensed driver Gaya Prasad at the time of the accident.
From the Judgment and Order dated 25.3.1988 of the Allahabad High Court in F.A.F.O. No.
A sum of Rs.96,000 was awarded with interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum till realisation.
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2 Raghuraj was then driv ing the tractor.
Both these facts were number established.
Appellant No.
2183 of 1988.
D.B. Raju and N. Ganapathy for the Appellants.
The widow of the companystable and her children claimed companypensation from the appellants and the insurer.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by JAGANNATHA SHETTY, J. The question raised in this appeal relates to the liability of the owner of an insured vehicle to pay companypensation for the accident caused by negligence of an unlicensed driver.
S. Ganesh and Murlidhar for the Respondents.
A companystable while returning home after performing his duties was knocked down by a tractor owned by appellant number 1 Kashiram Yadav.
951 of 1987.
The facts which are number found are these.
