Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 15 · Decided 30 January 1980
Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation, Jaipur v. Narain Shanker & ANR. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 15 · [1980] 2 S.C.R. 866
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 6698/1979
- Decided
- 30 January 1980
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, R.S. PATHAK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 41; Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehiclts Act 1939, S. llOA and Constitution of India 1950, Article- 41-Accident claim-State Transport Corpor«tion-Duty of. 14 The respondents lost their limbs in a road accident while travelling in a bus belonging to the petitioner, a nationalised transport system. The plea by the for compensation '\\'as that the lights of the­ bus accidemtl.lly f«iled, which resulted in tlae accide11.t. The Accidents Claims Tribunal ne.catived the plea and awarded compensation in sums far lower­ than were claiBled by the respondents. In the special leave petitions to
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