Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1087 · Decided 24 September 2008
United India Insurance CO. LTD. v. Rakesh Kumar Arora & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1087 · [2008] 13 S.C.R. 982
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5876/2008
- Decided
- 24 September 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
982 ' • A UNITED INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. v. RAKESH KUMAR ARORA & ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 5876 of 2008) B SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 [S.B. SINHA AND CYRIAC JOSEPH,JJ] Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: c ss. 3, 4, 5 and 10 - Fatal accident - Claim petition - Driver of offending vehicle aged about 15 was being driven by a person aged 15 years, who did not have any valid driving licence on D date of accident - s. 5 imposes a statutory responsibility upon the owner of a motor vehicle not to cause or permit any per- son who does not satisfy the provisions of s. 3 or s. 4 to drive the vehicle -
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