Supreme Court of India
Motor Owners Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Jadavji Keshavji Modi & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that it is appropriate to hold that the word "accident" is used in the expression "any one accident" from the point of view of the various claimants, each of whom is entitled to make a separate claim for the accident suffered by him and not from the point of view of the insurer.
Judgment, page 14
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act 1939, S. 95(2) as amended by Motor Vehicles (Amend ment) Act 1956,.S. 14-Scope of. "in all"-crany one accident"-Meaning of, Section 95 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 prescribes the requirements of an insurance policy and the limits of liability thereunder. By sub-section (1) of section 95, a policy of insurance must insure the person or classes of persons specified in the policy to the extent specified in sub-section (2) against any liabi Jity which may be incurred by him or them in respect of the death of or bodily injury to any person caused by or arising out of the
Where later benches applied it
- 2014 Vadodara Municipal Corporation v. Purshottam V. Murjani and Ors.
- 1991 Shivaji Dayanu Patil & Anr. v. Smt. Vatschala Uttam More
- 1987 M.K. Kunhimohammed v. P.A. Ahmedkuity & Ors.
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