Supreme Court of India

Sardari & Ors. v. Sushil Kumar & Ors.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2008] 3 S.C.R. 929
Bench S.B. Sinha and V.S. Sirpurakar JJ.
Decided 4 March 2008

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 - Motor accident - Death caused - Driver of the offending vehicle admittedly not holding licence - Compensation - Liability to pay - Held: Liability to c pay the compensation is not on the insurance company since the driver of the offending vehicle was not holding licence - However, driver and owner of the vehicle are liable. Appellants filed application seeking compensation under Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, for death caused in an accident with a tractor. Insurance Company contended that it was not liable to pay the compensation as the driver of the tractor did not hold

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