Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 700 · Decided 14 August 2018
Ram Chandra Singh v. Rajaram and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 700 · [2018] 9 S.C.R. 1083
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8145/2018
- Decided
- 14 August 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, A.M. KHANWILKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
SINGH v. RAJARAM AND ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 8145 of 2018) AUGUST 14, 2018 [DIPAK MISRA CJI AND A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.] Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Fatal Accident - Claim for compensation - Tribunal awarded compensation, but absolving the insurer on the ground that driver of the offending Dismissed by High Court - On appeal, held: Insurer can be absolved only when the owner of the offending vehicle is aware of the fact that the licence was fake and still permitted the driver to drive the vehicle - Mere fact that the driving licence is fake, per se, would not absolve
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