Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1491 · Decided 18 December 2008
Assurance Company LTD. v. Sadanand Mukhi and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1491 · [2008] 17 S.C.R. 1313
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7402/2008
- Decided
- 18 December 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 147, 165
Headnote
~ Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: ss.147, 165 - Act policy - Death of son of owner of insured vehicle while driving the insured vehicle - Liability of insurance company to pay compensation to owner- Held: Not liable as son was not third c party - Insurance Act, 1938. Insurance Act, 1938: Liability or contractual - Distinction between. The question which arose for consideration in the D present appeal is whether the insurance company is liable to pay the compensation in relation to the accident occurred by use of vehicle which was driven by the son of insured. Allowing the appeal, the
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