Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 475 · Decided 12 September 2003
The New India Assurance CO. LTD. v. C. Padma and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 475 · [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 677
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5764/1997
- Decided
- 12 September 2003
- Bench
- S.N. VARIAVA, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Limitation Act Section 137; Motor Vehicles Act Section 166(3), 1, 110
Headnote
B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988-Section 166(3) omitted by Amending Act 54 of 1994 deleting period of limitation-Accident in 1989-Claim for compensation filed in 1995-Limitation-Ejfect of omission of Section 166(3) by Amending Act-Intention of Parliament-Held, the Act is a C beneficial barred by limitation-Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, Section 1 JO-A-Limitation Act, 1963, Article 137- General Clauses Act, 1897, Section 6A. Respondents sustained bodily injuries in a motor accident which D took place on 18.2.1989. They filed a claim petition before Claims Tribunal on 2.11.1995
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