Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 33 · Decided 24 January 2003
Oriental Insurance Company LTD. v. Devireddy Konda Reddy and ORS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 33 · [2003] 1 S.C.R. 537
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 981/2002
- Decided
- 24 January 2003
- Bench
- SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 2(14), 2(35), 2(40), 2(47), 147, 95(1), 147(1)
Headnote
COMPANY LTD. A ~ v. DEVIREDDY KONDA REDDY AND ORS. ETC. ETC. - JANUARY 24, 2003 [SHIVARAJ V. PATIL AND ARIJIT PASAYAT, JJ.) B _... Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Ss.2(14), 2(35),2(40),2(47) and 147-"Goods carriage"-Carrying c unauthorised and gratuitous passengers-Accident-Death of persons who were either unauthorised or gratuitous passengers in the said D vehicles. Legal representatives of the deceased persons laid claim before the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 The Tribunal held the insurer liable to indemnify the award passed. The
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