Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 605 · Decided 4 September 2014
Narinder SINGH. v. New India Assurance Company LTD. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 605 · [2014] 9 S.C.R. 551
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8463/2014
- Decided
- 4 September 2014
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 39, 43, 192; Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
A B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss. 39, 43 and 192 - Accident of vehicle without registration - Temporary registraUon had expired prior to date of accident - Claim for C compensation from insurer, under Consumer Protection Act - Entitlement - Held: The complainant was not entitled to compensation - had already expired and temporary registration was neither extended nor the vehicle was registered - Using the vehicle on public road D without any registration is not only an offence punishable u/s 192, it is also fundamental breach of the terms and conditions of policy contract - Consumer
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