[Comprehensive Policy or Act Policy] | “No premium was paid to cover a gratuitous passenger”; Sikkim HC upholds compensation granted by MACT as per an Act Policy
The Court referred to National Insurance Co. Ltd v. Balakrishnan, wherein the Supreme Court had distinguished between a Comprehensive/Package Policy and Act Policy by stating that an Act Policy cannot cover a third-party risk of an occupant in a car, but a Comprehensive/Package Policy would cover such risk.