Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 390 · Decided 15 March 1996
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation v. K.V. Sakeena & ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 390 · [1996] 3 S.C.R. 440
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 101/1992
- Decided
- 15 March 1996
- Bench
- S.P. BHARUCHA, S.B. MAJMUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988/Kamataka Motor Vehicles Rules, 196~Sec­ tion 168-Rule 331-Contributory Negligence-collision between bus and truck-Bus driven at a high speed-Truck mounted with a dumper extending C beyond the width of the truck-Dumper not properly marked or ii- ) luminated-Held, Four persons died and two injured \\hen the bus of the appellant D Corporation collided with the truck of respondent No. 1. The bus driver was driving the bus at a very high speed at 10.30 p.m. and collided with the dumper mounted on the truck trailer. Subsequent to the collision the bus moved 150
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