Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 777 · Decided 24 July 2007
MRS. Hafizun Begum v. MD. Ikram Heque & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 777 · [2007] 8 S.C.R. 487
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3216/2007
- Decided
- 24 July 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 2(11); Arbitration Act Section 2(l)(g); Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
B " --4, Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166: Motor Accident-Death-Claim Petition-Legal heirs not dependent c on deceased-Ellfitlement to-Held: All or any of the legal representatives of the deceased became entitled to claim compensation and could file a claim petition in connection thereof because of absence of dependency- Since the basic issue has not been elaborate(v dealt with by the High Court, " the matter is remitted to the High Court for decision afresh-Code of civil D )· Procedure, 1908; s. 2(11)-Arbitartion and Conciliation Act, 1996-s. 2(l)(g). The question
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