Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 652 · Decided 3 September 2024
Vaibhav Jain v. Hindustan Motors PVT. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 652 · [2024] 9 S.C.R. 16
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10192/2024
- Decided
- 3 September 2024
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 41; Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Whether as a mere dealer of M/s Hindustan Motors, the appellant could be considered owner of the vehicle and as such liable, jointly and severally with M/s Hindustan Motors, to pay the compensation as directed by the Tribunal/High Court; whether clauses 3 (b) and 4 of the Motors of its liability to pay compensation as an owner; whether M/s Hindustan Motors, even without preferring an appeal against the award of the Tribunal, could question its liability under the award by relying on the provisions of Order 41, Rule 33 of the CPC. Motor
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