Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 704 · Decided 1 July 2019
Parminder Singh v. New India Assurance CO. LTD. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 704 · [2019] 8 S.C.R. 986
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5123/2019
- Decided
- 1 July 2019
- Bench
- INDU MALHOTRA, M.R. SHAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Permannet disbaility due to accident - Driver of the offending vehicle not possessing valid driver license - Liability of the Insrance Company - Principle of 'pay and recover' - Appellant-driver was driving a car in which a driven from Ludhiana - Car rammed by a truck coming from the opposite direction at a very high speed and being driven in a rash and negligent manner - Accident occurred due to the contributory negligence of the driver of another truck which was wrongly parked on the road-
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