Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 100 · Decided 6 February 2018
Naveen Kumar V. Vijay Kumar and ORS. v. Vijay Kumar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 100 · [2018] 2 S.C.R. 572
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1427/2018
- Decided
- 6 February 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 2(30), 2(19)
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s.2(30) - 'Owner' - Motor vehicle driven in reverse gear hit two persons - One died on the spot, while the other received multiple injuries - Vehicle involved in the accident was registered in the name of First before Motor Accident Claims Tribunal successive transfers of the vehicle was put forth as a defence to the claim - Tribunal held the First respondent liable along with the driver of the vehicle as the registration certificate of the offending vehicle continued to be in his name -
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