Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 40 · Decided 19 January 2018
Anil & Ors v. New India Assurance CO. LTD. & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 40 · [2018] 1 S.C.R. 321
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3291/2011
- Decided
- 19 January 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Motor Vehicles - Accident - Claim for compensation - Tractor ran over the deceased - Tribunal held that the accident had occurred due to the negligence of the driver and granted compensation - High Court reversed the decision of the Tribunal - On appeal, held: post-mortem was conducted on the deceased is an extremely significant aspect - The fact that a complaint was not lodged for nearly one month is a significant omission in the case - Also, there were no hospital records to indicate, from the nature of the injuries, that death had
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