Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 96 · Decided 12 February 2014
G. Dhanasekar v. M.D. Metropolitan Transport CORPN. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 96 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 1021
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2008/2014
- Decided
- 12 February 2014
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, KURIAN JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988: s.166 - Compensation A B - Functional disability - Accident of victim's car with a bus C resulting in fracture of victim's right arm and leg - Victim driver by profession - Tribunal held that negligence on part of driver of bus was root cause of held that · manner of accident showed that both the vehicles came in uncontrollable speed and dashed against each other and, D therefore, drivers of both the vehicles were equally responsible - Tribunal fixed liability of appellant at 50% while High Court reduced the liability to 30% -
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