Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 525 · Decided 13 July 2016
Rakesh Kumar & ETC. ETC. v. United India Insurance Company LTD. & ORS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 525 · [2016] 3 S.C.R. 237
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6199/2016
- Decided
- 13 July 2016
- Bench
- JASTI CHELAMESWAR, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 - Compensation - Fatal accident - Award of compensation by Tribunal - Insurer was held liable to pay compensation as the driver of the offending vehicle was holding a valid and effective driving licence - High Court accepted the insurer s the insurer on the ground that the driver of the offending vehicle did not possess a valid licence to drive the vehicle - Appeal by owner - Held: The driver of the offending vehicle proved his driving licence in his evidence and the insurer failed to adduce any evidence to prove that the
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