Motor Vehicles Act,1988  - Motor Accident Claim

Motor Accident claim - Temporary Registration - Not applied for permanent registration - meanwhile accident took place - Vehicle damaged - Claim for insurance - rejected - State & National commission also rejected - Apex court held that Nothing has been brought on record by the appellant to show that before or after 11.1.2006, when the period of temporary registration expired, the appellant, owner of the vehicle either applied for permanent registration as contemplated under Section 39 of the Act or made any application for extension of period as temporary registration on the ground of some special reasons. In our view, therefore, using a vehicle on the public road without any registration is not only an offence punishable under Section 192 of the Motor Vehicles Act but also a fundamental breach of the terms and conditions of policy contract. In the aforesaid premises, we do not find any infirmity in the order passed by the State Commission and the National Commission.

Topic(s)-MACT - Temporary Registration

Important Decision(s)- A vehicle on the public road without any registration offence punishable under Sec. 192 of the MV Act but also a fundamental breach of the terms and conditions of policy contract.