Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 855 · Decided 7 December 2010
Saroj & ORS. v. Het Lal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 855 · [2010] 14 S.C.R. 513
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10321/2010
- Decided
- 7 December 2010
- Bench
- V.S. SIRPURKAR, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Remitted to Lower Court
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166, 161(3)(a)
Headnote
A B .. Motor Vehicles Act, 1966 - ss. 166 and 161 (3)(a) - Compensation - Motorcycle driven by deceased, hit by - vehicle driven in a rash and negligent manner, resulting in C death of motorcyclist - Claim petition - Dismissed by Tribunal as also High Court - On appeal, held: Courts below ignored that the vehicle belonging to him was involved in an accident with motorcycle and vehicle was driven by the driver - It cannot be said that D the negligence being on part of the motorcyclist, there was no question of compensation and that it was· a hit and run case - More so, even if
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