Supreme Court · 1959 INSC 75 · Decided 11 May 1959
British India General Insurance CO., LTD . v. Captain Itbar Singh and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1959 INSC 75 · [1960] 1 S.C.R. 168
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 413/1958
- Decided
- 11 May 1959
- Bench
- S.K. DAS, A.K. SARKAR, K. SUBBA RAO (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 151; Motor Vehicles Act Section 96
Headnote
II 168 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1960(1)] BRITISH INDIA GENERAL INSVBANCE CO., LTD . v. CAPTAIN ITBAR SINGH AND OTHERS (S. K. DAs, A. K. SARKAR and K. SuBBA RAo, JJ.) Motor Car Insuranc.:--Suit for damages by third party­ Insurance companv added defendants-Defence if other than statutory against third party risks. The insurer, was subsequently added as defendant to the suit under s. g6(z) ;of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939. It contended that the defence available to it was not restricted to the grounds enumerated ins. 9ti(2) of the Act, but that it was entitled to take all defences
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