Supreme Court of India

National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. V. Chinnamma and Ors.

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 898
Bench N. Santosh Hegde, S.B. Sinha and A.K. Mathur JJ.
Decided 25 August 2004

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Section 147(1) (as amended by Act 54of1994)-Compensation-To a person in goods vehicle-As owner of the goods-Liability of Insurance companrHeld: Insurance company not liable to pay compensation to the owner of the goods when, being carried in a goods vehicle, the accident occurred. Words & Phrases: "Goods carriage "-Meaning of-In the context of Section 2(14) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The deceased used to carry on business in vegetables and loaded some bags of the same in a trailer of a tractor and was travelling therein. The tractor was being driven at a very

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