Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 50 · Decided 12 March 1974
Shyam Sunder and Others v. The State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 50 · [1974] 3 S.C.R. 549
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1827/1967
- Decided
- 12 March 1974
- Bench
- KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW, A. ALAGIRISWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 300
Headnote
549. Fatal Accidents Act, 18SS, See. 1-A-Accitknt 1esulting from truck catching firt­ Occupant dying of injuries sustained in jumping out of truck on caution by drive - Maxim res ipsa /oquitur-App/icability of Constitution of India, Art. 300-Tortious IUWility of state- Held, fami'ne relief material tinle in the en1ployment of the State of Rajasthan in the Public Department, was required to proceed from his office at· Bhdwara to Banswara, in connection with famine relief work undertaken by the department. For that purpose, he boarded a truck owned by the department from
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