Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 455 · Decided 18 August 2004
Sri Pramod Kumar Agrawal and ORS. v. SMT. Mushtari Begum and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 455 · [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 613
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5287/2004
- Decided
- 18 August 2004
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Leave Granted & Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988; Section 166 with Amended Act, 1994; Section 14 7 : A B Goods Vehicle-Accident-Death of a passenger-Claim Petition- C Liability of insurer to passengers in the vehicle-Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded compensation holding that owner liable to make payment of for passengers-Affirmed by High Court-On appeal, Held : Courts below rightly held that insurer not liable to indemnifY the award D in terms of Section 147 of the Amended Act-However, the insurer has to pay the amount of compensation to claimants subject to condition that the owner has to
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