[Motor Vehicles Act] Person In Whose Name Vehicle Stands Registered On The Date Of Accident To Be Treated As 'Owner': SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that, it is the person in whose name the motor vehicle stands registered, who would be treated as the owner of the vehicle, for the purposes of the Motor Vehicles Act. The case arises out of an insurance claim made by one Surendra Kumar Bhilawe. The Insurance company repudiated the claim on the ground that Bhilawe had already sold the said truck to the...