Supreme Court of India

Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Shri Nanjappan and Ors.

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Reported as [2004] 2 S.C.R. 365
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 13 February 2004

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MQtor Vehicles Act, 1988-Section 168-Claim for compensation-High Court holding that claimant entitled to compensation from the owner of the vehicle-insured and insurer liable to pay compensation by way of indemnification-Correctness of-Held: Insurer would pay compensation fixed which it would recover from the insured, thus order of High Court set aside­ For recovery filing of suit not required-Proceedings may be initiated before Executing Court which will pass appropriate orders regarding the manner of payment to the insurer by the insured An accident took place and the respondent-claimant

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