Supreme Court · 1990 INSC 149 · Decided 20 April 1990
New India Assurance CO. LTD. v. Ram Dayal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1990 INSC 149 · [1990] 2 S.C.R. 570
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1188/1987
- Decided
- 20 April 1990
- Bench
- RANGANATH MISRA, K. RAMASWAMY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1939: Insurance Policy--When becomes effective. In a claim for compensation, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal held that the insurer was not liable to meet the award of compensation C against the owner of the vehicle, as the policy had been taken after the ---1- · became operative from the commence- ment of the date of insurance, i.e. from the previous mid-night, and since the accident took place on the date of the policy, the insurer -~ D became liable. E Dismissing the appeals by the insurer, this Court. HELD: When a policy is taken on a particiuar
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