(1) Any person holding a driving licence to drive any class or description of motor vehicles, who is not for the time being disqualified for holding or obtaining a driving licence to drive any other class or description of motor vehicles, may apply to [any licensing authority in the State] in which he resides or carries on his business in such form and accompanied by such documents and with such fees as may be prescribed by the Central Government for the addition of such other class or description of motor vehicles to the licence .
(2) Subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Central Government, the provisions of section 9 shall apply to an application under this section as if the said application were for the grant of a licence under that section to drive the class or description of motor vehicles which the applicant desires to be added to his licence . [Provided that the licensing authority may, before issuing the license verify the identity of the applicant in such manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government.]
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 11
Section 11 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 governs the formal statutory procedure for adding new classes of motor vehicles to an existing driving licence upon satisfaction of supplementary testing, statutory qualifications, and fee requirements.
Where the offending vehicle is a heavy commercial vehicle (GVW > 12,000 kg) and the driver held only an LMV or two-wheeler licence, verify through RTO records whether an application for addition under Section 11 was ever processed. If no Section 11 endorsement exists, the insurer must plead breach under Section 149(2)(a)(ii) and establish that the owner willfully entrusted the heavy vehicle to an unqualified driver.