Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 759 · Decided 13 October 2011
United India Insurance CO. LTD. v. Shila Datta & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 759 · [2011] 14 S.C.R. 763
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6026/2007
- Decided
- 13 October 2011
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, H.L. DATTU, K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: c Claim petition under - For compensation in regard to a motor accident - Nature of - Held: An award by the tribunal cannot be seen as an adversarial adjudication between the litigating parties to a dispute but a statutory determination occurrence of an accident, after due 0 enquiry, in accordance with the statute. ss. 149(2) and 170 - Claim petition - Position in cases where the claimants implead the insurer as a respondent - Held: Where the insurer is a party-respondent, either on account of being impleaded as a party by the
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