Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 3 · Decided 3 January 2013
Manager, National Insurance CO. LTD. v. Saju P. Paul and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 3 · [2013] 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5/2013
- Decided
- 3 January 2013
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, ANIL R. DAVE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 147; Workmen's Compensation Act
Headnote
COURT REPORTS [2013] 2 S.C.R. 1 A B C D E F G H A B C D E F G H 2[2013] 2 S.C.R. 1 employment and overlooked the fact that the claimant was not in any manner engaged on the vehicle that met with an accident, but he was employed as a driver in another vehicle. The insured (owner of the vehicle) was not covered under the policy. As a matter of law, the claimant did not cease to be a gratuitous passenger though he claimed that he was a spare driver. [Para 16] [14-G-H; 15-A-C] New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Asha Rani and Ors. (2003) 2 SCC 223:2002 (4) Suppl. SCR 543; National Insurance
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