Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 394 · Decided 25 March 2025
Srikrishna Kanta Singh v. The Oriental Insurance Company LTD. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 394 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 1113
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4380/2025
- Decided
- 25 March 2025
- Bench
- SUDHANSHU DHULIA, K. VINOD CHANDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Whether on facts, the Tribunal and the High Court erred in finding contributory negligence on the part of the driver of the scooter; whether contributory negligence could have been concluded on the ground of the scooter driver having only a Act, 1988 - Motor accident claim - Contributory negligence - When not - Appellant, riding pillion on a scooter met with an accident with a trailer leading to amputation of his legs - Tribunal and the High Court found contributory negligence on the part of the scooter
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