Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 84 · Decided 16 April 1979

Concord of India Insurance CO. L1D. v. Nirmala Devi and ORS.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
1979 INSC 84 · [1979] 3 S.C.R. 694
Case number
SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 5228/1977
Decided
16 April 1979
Bench
V.R. KRISHNA IYER, R.S. PATHAK (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Dismissed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Constitution; Limitation Act Section 5

Headnote

Negligence of Counsel which misleads a litigant into delayed pursuit of his.­ remedy-Propriety ·and reasonableness of cofnpanies and other persons re- lying upon legal opinion in the niatter of co1nputation of liniitation--Lirni-· tation Act, 1963 (Act XXXVl) Section 5. Need for in the· case of automobile, accidents and the processual 1nodalities which secure· redressal of grievances, explained. , A doctor and his brother riding a motor cycle were hit by a jeep driver· ..,, and both \\'ere killed in November 1971, but the Motor Accident claims

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