Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 892 · Decided 1 August 2008
Samundra Devi and ORS. v. Narendra Kaur and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 892 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 714
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4748/2008
- Decided
- 1 August 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Motor Vehicles Act Section 149, 166, 170
Headnote
,.. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss. 149, 166 and 170: ··Accident between two vehicles - Causing death of a per- c son - Compensation claim - Driver of offending vehicle did not possess a valid driving license - Ori that ground, Tribunal held that there was breach of insurance policy and consequently, the insurer was not liable to reimburse the owner of, the offending vehicle, the 0 amount payable by him by way of compensation - Claimants filed appEJ,al contending that the insurer also ought to be made ~-liable to pay compensation - High Court held the insurer jointly and
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