Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 55 · Decided 28 January 2014
Montford Brothers of ST. Gabriel & ANR. v. United India Insurance & ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 55 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 835
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3269/2007
- Decided
- 28 January 2014
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 2, 2(11); Constitution Article 227, 226; Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988: s. 166 - Legal representative - Appellant no. 1 is a Catholic Society and its members are called 'Brothers' who on joining Society abandon all their worldly rights in favour B c of the Society which includes the insurance claim - Society died in a motor accident - Claim D petition by appellant no.1-Society-Tribunal allowed the claim petition - On writ petition, High Court set aside order of Tribunal on the ground that claimants were not competent to claim compensation - Held: The Motor Vehicles Act does not define the term
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