Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 34 · Decided 18 January 2002
United India Insurance CO. LTD. v. Bhushan Sachdeva and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 34 · [2002] 1 S.C.R. 352
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 543/2002
- Decided
- 18 January 2002
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, S.N. PHUKAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 227; Motor Vehicles Act Section 173(1), 173
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988-Section 173(1)-Right lo appeal under­ Right of insurance company-No appeal preferred by the insured-Held, the C insurance company has right to file the appeal as it falls within the ambit of expression "any person aggrieved by an award of a claims Tribunal". the context of Section 173(1) of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. In a motor accident claim, Claims Tribunal absolved, the insured from payment of the compensation and directed the appellants-Insurance Company to pay the whole compensation amount. The insured did not file any appeal against the award.
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