Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 359 · Decided 2 April 2007
Oriental Insurance Company Limited v. Meena Variyal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 359 · [2007] 4 S.C.R. 641
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5825/2006
- Decided
- 2 April 2007
- Bench
- C.K. THAKKER, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 147, 166
Headnote
B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Sections 147 and 166. Accident-Claim petition-Liability of insurance company-One 'S' c was employed as a Regional Manager with a company who was the owner of a motor vehicle- 'S' was provided with a car by the employer-The vehicle was insured with the insurance company met with an accident and 'S' died-The widow and daughter of 'S' filed a claim petition under Section 166 of the Act before the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal- D According to the claim, the deceased was driving along with his 'companion' 'MH' after completing his work for the employer-The car
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