Supreme Court of India

National Insurance Company Ltd. v. Geeta Bhat & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 5 S.C.R. 734
Bench S.B. Sinha and V.S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 31 March 2008

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What the Court ordered

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Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 166 - Motor accident - Death caused - Third party claim - Driver of offending vehicle c holding fake driving licence - Liability of insurance company to pay compensation amount - Held: Where third party claim is concerned, factum of holding of fake licence by the driver, would not absolve the insurer to reimburse the insured - In the interest of justice insurance company directed to pay the compensation amount, with liberty to recover the same from the insured and the driver of the vehicle. One person died in an motor accident. Respondents- his legal heirs filed

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