Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 811 · Decided 10 August 2022
Janabai WD/O Dinkarrao Ghorpade & ORS. v. M/S. I.C.I.C.I. Lambord Insurance Company LTD
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 811 · [2022] 6 S.C.R. 1041
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5220/2022
- Decided
- 10 August 2022
- Bench
- HEMANT GUPTA, VIKRAM NATH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 142; Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 - s.166 - Motor Accident claim - Grant of compensation - The victim-deceased was driving motorcycle when a car came from the opposite direction and dashed into the motorcycle of the victim - Victim died and his appellant-wife received injuries and charge-sheet was filed against the driver of the vehicle - An application u/s. 166 of the 1988 Act was filed for grant of compensation - A total sum of Rs.8,90,000/- was assessed as compensation by the Tribunal and it was held that the accident occurred by the car owned by the
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