Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 245 · Decided 14 February 1996
K. Nandakumar v. Managing Director, Thanthai Periyar Transport CORPN.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 245 · [1996] 2 S.C.R. 633
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3356/1992
- Decided
- 14 February 1996
- Bench
- S.P. BHARUCHA, S.B. MAJMUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1939: A B S.92-A-Accident-Claim-On a plain reading of the provision there is C no basis to hold that a claim could be made only if the person who had died or suffered pennanent disablement had not been negligent. Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation, Ahmedabad v. Ramanbhai and Another v. Balkrishan Ramachandra Nayar and Another, [1977] 2 SCC 441, distin- D guished. CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION : Civil Appeal No. 3356 of 1992. From the Judgment and Order dated 20.9.92 of the Madras High E Court in C.M.A. No. 694 of 1991. V. Balachandran and V. Ramasubramaniam for
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