Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 172 · Decided 20 February 2007
New India Assurance CO. LTD. v. Vedwati and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 172 · [2007] 2 S.C.R. 918
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 860/2007
- Decided
- 20 February 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 2(8), 2(55), 2(29), 2(33), 166
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: )- -. c ss. 2(14), 2(35), 2(40) and 22(47)-"Goods carriage" -Tractor- Carrying a passenger-Accident-Death of passenger-Claim by dependents from Insurance Company-Held, provisions of the Act do not enjoin any statutory liability on the owner to get his vehicle no liability therefor- Motor Vehicles Act, 1935-ss. 2(8), 2(55), 2(29) and 2(33). D A tractor carrying a passenger met with an accident and, as a result, the passenger died. The dependents filed a claim petition and the Motor -'1 Accident Claims Tribunal relying on Satpal Singh 's case* held
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