Driving Other’s Car Provision for Motor Insurance

It may so happen that the registered owner in whose name the policy has been issued was driving another car not belonging to him at the time of accident and the claim has been lodged for damage to this car or for personal injuries to a Third Party under the “Driving Other Car” Clause. In India the owner of the car remains liable for the own damage and third party claims, if the person driving the accidented vehicle, was doing so with due permission of the registered owner. In India we do not have any provision of insurance for “driving other’s car” liability insurance. It may cause a peculiar situation where an uninsured vehicle is driven by a non-registered owner in contravention of the Third Party mandatory insurance resulting in criminal liability on person driving other car for accidental death, while authorizing to drive an uninsured car remains a civil liability under MV Act.

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