Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 374 · Decided 20 March 2009
New India Assurance CO. LTD. v. Bismillah Bai & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 374 · [2009] 5 S.C.R. 14
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1799/2009
- Decided
- 20 March 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166, 140
Headnote
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988: c s. 166 rlw s.140- Liability of insurer- Collision of Jeep and Truck - Person sitting in Jeep died - Truck not insured - Petition for claim - Tribunal holding Truck driver guilty of rash and negligent driving - Compensation awarded - Insurer of Jeep exonerated - High D award exonerating the Jeep and making insurer also liable ....- for payment - HELD: High Court having not reversed the > finding of Tribunal that .Jeep was not guilty, it could not have fastened liability on insurer of Jeep - Besides, Insurance Company cannot be held liable in view of the
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