Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 706 · Decided 19 September 2024
Sushma v. Nitin Ganapati Rangole & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 706 · [2024] 9 S.C.R. 425
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10648/2024
- Decided
- 19 September 2024
- Bench
- PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, SANDEEP MEHTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Motor Vehicles Act Section 173(1)
Headnote
The core issue involved in these appeals centres around the deduction of 50% compensation awardable to the appellant- claimants, who have assailed the concurrent findings of the Courts below on the aspect of contributory negligence whereby, the driver of the car, who also was held jointly responsible for causing the collision. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - A car collided with a 14-wheeler trailer truck which was left abandoned in the middle of the highway without any warning signs in the form of indicators or parking lights - The
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