Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 465 · Decided 27 September 2001
DR. T. V. Jose v. Chacko P.M. @ Thankachan and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 465 · [2001] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 366
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2215/1993
- Decided
- 27 September 2001
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 94, 95
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Car accident-Death of a passenger-liability to pay compensation vis­ a-vis the driver, the owner of the car and insurance company-Plea of appellant­ owner that the car was transferred to another person-RTO records not showing the trans.fer-Tribunal held the driver appellant liable relying on RTO records-On appeal appellant held liable though the ownership of the car had changed since the trans.fer was not effected in the records of RTO- D Insurance company discharged from liability as third party policy did not cover liability to gratuitous passengers
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