J&K High Court : Drivers With Transport Licence Can Drive All Passenger Vehicles Too

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that a driver with a valid licence to operate a transport vehicle can legally drive both heavy goods and passenger vehicles without needing a separate Public Service Vehicle (PSV) endorsement.

This came in an appeal by National Insurance Co. Ltd., disputing a Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal award.

The Court interpreted Sections 2(14), 2(16), 2(35), 2(47), and amended Section 10(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, clarifying that post-1994, all commercial vehicles fall under a single "transport vehicle" category. 

The appeal was dismissed, and prior contradictory judgments were declared per incuriam.