Supreme Court of India

New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Asha Rani and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 543

Bench G.B. Pattanaik, H.K. Sema and S.B. Sinha JJ.

Decided 3 December 2002

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, I am in respectful agreement with My Lord F the Chief Justice of India that the decision of this Court in New India Assurance Company v.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (prior to Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 1994)-Section 147-Motor Accident-Compensation-Liability of insurer to pay-To dependents of deceased passenger travelling in Stage carriage- Held, insurer not liable to pay compensation in such a case-Motor Vehicles Act, 1939-Section 95. Words and Phrases- "any person "-Meaning of in the context of Section 147 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (prior to Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, lW~ The question for consideration in the present appeals was whether the insurer is liable to pay compensation to the dependents of the deceased

Authorities it was built on

1998 Smt. Mallawwa Etc. v. The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. and Ors. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2012 Sanjeev Kumar Samrat v. National Insurance Co. Ltd. and Others relied on
2013 Dharmendra Kirthal v. State of U.P. and Another referred to
2012 National Insurance Company Ltd. v. Balakrishnan & Another referred to
2012 Tara Chand & Ors. v. Gram Panchayat Jhupa Khurd & Ors. referred to
2012 Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. v. Surendra Nath Loomba and Others mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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