Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 19 · Decided 6 January 2004
M/S. National Insurance CO. LTD. v. Baljit Kaur and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 19 · [2004] 1 S.C.R. 274
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 16/2004
- Decided
- 6 January 2004
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, S.B. SINHA, AR. LAKSHMANAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 147, 168
Headnote
}' ; Motor Vehicles Act, 1988-Seciion 147 (as amended in 1994) and Section c 168-lnsurance policy in respect of goods vehicle-Liability of insurer with respect to gratuitous passengers-Held: By amendment in 1994 to Section 147 intention of the legislature was not to provide for liability of contemplated at the time contract of insurance was entered into, nor premium was paid to that extent-Hence the owner of the vehicle-insured liable. D Interpretation of statutes: Rule of-Court of law should avoid interpretation that would negate true import or render the words of any provision
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