Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 513 · Decided 3 December 2002
New India Assurance CO. LTD. v. Asha Rani and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 513 · [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 543
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5385/2001
- Decided
- 3 December 2002
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 95, 147
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (prior to Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 1994)-Section 147-Motor Accident-Compensation-Liability of insurer A B to pay-To dependents of deceased passenger travelling in Stage carriage- C Held, insurer not liable to pay compensation in such a case-Motor Vehicles Act, of Section 147 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (prior to Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, lW~ D The question for consideration in the present appeals was whether the insurer is liable to pay compensation to the dependents of the deceased passenger, while the deceased passenger was travelling in a
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