Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 704 · Decided 16 May 2008
A.P.S.R.T.C.& ANR. v. K. Hemalatha & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 704 · [2008] 8 S.C.R. 1201
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3623/2008
- Decided
- 16 May 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 173
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 173: A B Claim for compensation - 'Contributory Negligence' and 'Composite Negligence' - Parameters of - Discussed - Held: C In an accident involving two or more vehicles, where a third party (other than the drivers and/or owners of the vehicles involved) claims is payable in respect of 'composite negligence' of the drivers of those vehicles - But in respect of such accident, if claim is D by one of the drivers himself for personal injuries, or by legal heirs of one of the drivers for loss on account of his death, or by owner of one of the vehicles
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)