Liability of Insurance company -- Whether the gratuitous passengers in the offending vehicle would fall within the meaning of 'third party' and thus, would be covered by the statutory policy under Section 147 of the Act – Held, object and purpose of Sections 146 and 147 are that policy of insurance should cover liability in respect of death or bodily injury of person including owner of the goods or its authorized representative who may be carried in a goods vehicle/carriage as defined in Section 2(14) of the Act – Admittedly, passengers were authorized representatives of the owner on the offending vehicle and thus covered under the policy of insurance.

(P&H HC) Decided on: 30.05.2016