Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 729 · Decided 29 October 2013
United India Insurance Company LTD. v. Sunil Kumar & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 729 · [2013] 12 S.C.R. 223
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9694/2013
- Decided
- 29 October 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Matter referred to larger bench
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988: A B s. 163-A rlw s. 170 and 173 - Special provisions as to c payment of compensation on structured formula basis - Appeal by insurer - Held: In view of points (iii) to (v) in Shila Datta's case having been referred to larger Bench as also the view in Sinitha's case that or insurance company, as the case may be, 'to defeat a claim u/s 163-A of 0 the Act by pleading and establishing a fault ground (wrongful act or neglect or default), matrek referred to larger Bench. s. 163-A - Petition for compensation - Held: Liability to make compensation u/s 163-A is on the
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