Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 245 · Decided 2 March 2007
National Insurance CO. LTD. v. Laxmi Narain Dhut
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 245 · [2007] 3 S.C.R. 579
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1140/2007
- Decided
- 2 March 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 147, 149; Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
CO. LTD. A v. LAXMI NARAIN DHUT MARCH 2, 2007 [DR.ARIJITPASAYAT AND S.H. KAPADIA,JJ.] B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Sections 147 and 149. Motor vehicles-Insurance-Third party claims-Principles laid down in Swaran Singh's case (2004) 3 SCC 297-Applicability of-Held: The C decision in Swaran fatality-In case of third party risks the insurer has to indemnify the amount and, if so advised, to recover the same from the insured Interpretation of Statutes: Purposive interpretation-Applicability of S. I 49 of the Motor Vehicles Act, I 988-Held: A statute is an edict of the Legislature
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