Supreme Court: In a matter concerning the issue that whether a person holding a driving license in respect of a ‘light motor vehicle’ (LMV), could on the strength of that license, be entitled to drive a ‘transport vehicle of light motor vehicle class’ having unladen weight not exceeding 7500 kg, the 5-Judge Bench comprising of Dr. DY Chandrachud, CJI, Hrishikesh Roy*, PS Narasimha, Pankaj Mithal, and Manoj Misra, JJ. held that a person holding a driving license for a LMV can, without any specific endorsement, drive a transport vehicle having an unladen weight of less than 7500 kg.
The issue at hand originated in the case of Mukund Dewangan v. Oriental Insurance Company Limited (2017) 14 SCC 663, where a 3-judge bench ruled that no separate endorsement was needed on an LMV driving license to operate a transport vehicle with an unladen weight below 7500 kg. The Court held that a person with an LMV license could drive a “transport vehicle of light motor vehicle class” weighing up to 7500 kg. However, in 2022, a coordinate bench raised doubts about this ruling, and the matter was subsequently referred to a larger 5-judge bench for further consideration.
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