This Court has carefully gone through the permit which is
on record and the National Permit is certainly valid up to
13.10.2017. The authorization fee was required to be paid only
when the truck was moving out of State of Bihar as it was
registered in the State of Bihar and the truck caught fire on
account of short-circuit on 08.06.2014 in the State of Bihar itself
and, therefore, the respondent company could not have
repudiated the claim on such a frivolous ground. The permit in
question was issued by the competent authority in Bihar and,
therefore, there was no requirement of paying authorization fee
when the truck was being used in the State of Bihar and as per
the terms and conditions of the National Permit, authorization fee was required to be paid only when the truck was moving out of State of Bihar. Thus, in the considered opinion of this Court, the appellant was certainly entitled for the insurance claim as held by the State Commission and, therefore, the order passed by the National Commission, dated 19.08.2020, deserves to be set aside and is accordingly set aside. {Para 8}
REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVILAPPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVILAPPEAL NO. OF 2025
Shri Binod Kumar Singh Vs National Insurance Company Ltd.
SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, J.
Dated: February 7 th, 2025.
Citation: 2025 INSC 154.
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