Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 379 · Decided 17 August 2001
New India Assurance CO. LTD. v. Asha Rani and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 379 · [2001] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 686
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5385/2001
- Decided
- 17 August 2001
- Bench
- AJAY PRAKASH MISRA, U.C. BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 95(1), 2(8), 2(14), 149(2)
Headnote
ASSURANCE CO. LTD. v. ASHA RANI AND ORS. AUGUST 17, 2001 [A.P. MISRA AND U.C. BANERJEE, JJ.) Motor Vehicles Act, 1939/Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Prior to its amendment in 1994)-Section 95/Section 147. C Compensation-Liability of insurance company-On account of death or bodily injury of the to compensate­ Interpretation of Section 147 of 1988 Act in Satpal Singh's case-Insurance company held liable to compensate on the basis of deletion of clause (ii) to D proviso to Section 95(/)(b) of 1939 Act-However, the relevant provisions of the 1988 Act not placed before the Court in
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