Whether refusal of registered owner to surrender registration certificate or his abscondence, is mandatory to exercise power under S. 51 (5) of MV Act? Allahabad HC answers
In case the certificate was lying in the vehicle at the time it was repossessed, the impugned order directing for the vehicle to be registered in the name of the financier would not cause any prejudice nor could be said to be contrary to any provisions of law.