Validity of driving licence based on disputed photocopy required reconsideration after the material objection was left unaddressed.

A finding that a driver held a valid licence could not safely rest on a disputed photocopy when its genuineness was not admitted and that objection had not been examined by the HC. The omission to address this material contention required reconsideration, and the impugned judgment was set aside with the matter remitted to the HC for fresh decision after hearing both sides.

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Issues: Whether the finding regarding the validity of the driver's licence, based on a photocopy, could be sustained when genuineness of the document was disputed and the High Court had not dealt with that contention.

Analysis: The Tribunal accepted a photocopy purporting to be the driver's licence and recorded a finding that the driver held a valid licence. The objection that a photocopy, whose genuineness was not admitted, was insufficient proof of a valid licence raised a material question that was not examined by the High Court. Since the High Court dismissed the appeal without addressing that contention, the matter required reconsideration after hearing both sides.

Conclusion: The impugned judgment was set aside and the appeal was remitted to the High Court for fresh decision after hearing the parties.

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