Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 175 · Decided 17 April 2012
United India Insurance CO. LTD. v. Laxmamma & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 175 · [2012] 5 S.C.R. 261
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3589/2012
- Decided
- 17 April 2012
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 146, 147, 149, 147(5), 149(1)
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss. 146, 147 and 149 - Insurer's liability against third party risk - Limits of - Owner of A B the vehicle taking an insurance policy for a year and paying C the premium through cheque - Said cheque towards the premium got disho'loured - Subsequent to the accident, of insurer to indemnify third party under the insurance policy - Held: Liability of authorized insurer to indemnify third parties o subsists and the insurer has to satisfy award of compensation unless the policy of insurance is cancelled by the authorized insurer and intimation of such
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