Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 122 · Decided 9 February 2017
M/S. Purohit and Company v. Khatoonbee and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 122 · [2017] 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2555/2017
- Decided
- 9 February 2017
- Bench
- J.S. KHEHAR, N.V. RAMANA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166, 166(3)
Headnote
1 · M/S. PUROHIT AND COMPANY v. KHATOONBEE AND ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 2555 of2017) FEBRUARY 09, 2017 [JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR, CJI, N. V. RAMANA AND DR. D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, JJ.) Delay I Laches: Delay of 28 years - In filing claim petition uls. 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Entertained by claim can be raised and can be considered to be genuine, so long it is a live and surviving claim - Claim can be raised only within reasonable time - The question of reasonability would depend on the facts and circumstances of each case - In the present case, delay of 28 years cannot be
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