Supreme Court · 1989 INSC 239 · Decided 10 August 1989
Kashiram Yadav & ANR. v. Oriental Fire & GEN. Insurance CO. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1989 INSC 239 · [1989] 3 S.C.R. 811
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2183/1988
- Decided
- 10 August 1989
- Bench
- K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY, A.M. AHMADI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 96
Headnote
ANR. v. ORIENTAL FIRE & GEN. INSURANCE CO. & ORS. AUGUST 10, 1989 [K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY AND A.M. AHMADI, JJ.) Motor Vehicles Act, 1939: Sec. 96-Fatal accident caused by unlicensed driver-Compensation awarded-Insurance company­ Whether liable to indemnify owner of vehicle. ~-. . . or"the accident, the Constable died and his widow and children claimed compensation, before the Tribunal. Awarding a compensation of Rs.96,000 the Tribunal held that at the time of the accident the vehicle belonged to appellant No. I and was driven by appellant No. 2, who had no driving
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