Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 653 · Decided 13 May 2008
National Insurance CO. LTD. v. Kaushalya Devi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 653 · [2008] 8 S.C.R. 500
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3542/2008
- Decided
- 13 May 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 3, 4, 10, 149, 166
Headnote
-·t Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss. 3, 4, 10 and 149 - Motor accident - By goods vehicle - Causing death of passenger c travelling therein - Claim for compensation - Granted by Tri- bunal holding the Insurance company liable to pay - High Court holding Insurance Company not liable - However, deposited, directed the release thereof in favour of claimant with liberty to Insurance Com- D pany to recover it from the owner of offending vehicle - On >-~, appeal, held: The owner alone was liable to pay the compen- sation as driver of the offending vehicle was not holding valid licence
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