Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 426 · Decided 31 March 2008
National Insurance Company LTD. v. Geeta Bhat & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 426 · [2008] 5 S.C.R. 734
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2257/2008
- Decided
- 31 March 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 166 - Motor accident - Death caused - Third party claim - Driver of offending vehicle c holding fake driving licence - Liability of insurance company to pay compensation amount - Held: Where third party claim is concerned, factum of holding of fake licence by the to reimburse the insured - In the interest of justice insurance company directed to pay the D compensation amount, with liberty to recover the same from the insured and the driver of the vehicle. One person died in an motor accident. Respondents- his legal heirs filed claim petition.
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