Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 750 · Decided 17 July 1996
Sohan Lal Passi v. P. Sesh Reddy and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 750 · [1996] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 647
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9368/1996
- Decided
- 17 July 1996
- Bench
- N.P. SINGH, FAIZAN UDDIN, S. SAGHIR AHMAD (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 96(1)
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 198&-Sections 96(1), 96(2), (b) (ii)---Compensa­ tion-Motor accident-P1inciple of vicaiious liability-Authorised diiver at­ lowillg cleaner to drive-Jn the course of employmellt-Held, lnsural!ce Compal!)' al!d owner jointly liable. The Appellant is the owner of a A B c the bus and scooter one R died on the spot. A claim was preferred by the legal heirs of the deceased against the Appellant and the Insurance Com- D pany which contested the claim on the ground that the accident was a result of rash and negligent driving of the cleaner/conductor of the bus,
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)