Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 666 · Decided 25 October 2021
N. Jayasree & ORS. v. Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 666 · [2021] 6 S.C.R. 1001
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6451/2021
- Decided
- 25 October 2021
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, KRISHNA MURARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act,1988: Legal representative - Meaning of - Mother in law of deceased - Claim petition, maintainability - The term 'legal representative' should be given a wider interpretation for the purpose of Chapter XII of MV Act and it should not be parents and children of the deceased - MV Act is a benevolent legislation enacted for the object of providing monetary relief to the victims or their families - Therefore, the MV Act calls for a liberal and wider interpretation to serve the real purpose underlying the enactment and
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