Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 576 · Decided 11 December 2012
Sanjeev Kumar Samrat v. National Insurance CO. LTD. and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 576 · [2012] 13 S.C.R. 174
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8925/2012
- Decided
- 11 December 2012
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 147, 167, 147(1)(b)(i); Workmen's Compensation Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss. 147 and 167 - Insured goods vehicle - Hired - Accident of the vehicle - Causing C death of the hirer and its two employees - Claim for compensation - Tribunal holding that Insurance company was liable to pay the compensation - High Court holding that only in respect of the hirer and not to its employees - On appeal, held: Order of High Court D is correct - The statutory policy only covers the employees of the insured, covered under Workmen's Compensation Act and not any other kind of employee - Workman's Compensation Act, 1923. E The
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