Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 454 · Decided 20 April 2022
Hyundai Motor India Limited v. Shailendra Bhatnagar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 454 · [2022] 3 S.C.R. 107
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3001/2022
- Decided
- 20 April 2022
- Bench
- VINEET SARAN, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 14(1)
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986: s. 14(1) - Defect in respect of safety features of a vehicle - Award of punitive damages - On facts, non-deployment of air bags in the car at the time of accident resulting in injuries to the complainant - Award of compensation by fora below below rightly relied on the principle of Res Ipsa Loquitur to affix the liability of the manufacturer as regards defect in the airbag system, having regard to the nature of the collision and took the view that expert evidence was not necessary - They highlighted that there was
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