Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 446 · Decided 2 September 2003
National Insurance CO. LTD. v. Ajit Kumar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 446 · [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 321
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6915/2003
- Decided
- 2 September 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 2(14), 2(35), 2(40), 2(47), 145(c), 147, 2(8), 2(25); Workmen's Compensation Act
Headnote
B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988-Sections 2(14), 2(35), 2(40), 2(47), 145(c), 147- 'Goods Carriage '-Person traveling in goods carriage as passenger-Death or bodily injury-Liability of insurer-Held, insurer not liable-Motor Vehicles Act, 1939-Sections 2(8), 2(25), 2(29), 2(33). C The only question Vehicles Act, 1988 for death of or bodily injury to the person traveling in a goods vehicle as passenger. The Tribunal and the High Court relying on the case of New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Satpal Singh, fixed liability on the insurer. D Hence, these appeals by the insurer. Allowing the
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