Supreme Court of India

Sudhir Kumar Rana v. Surinder Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 7 S.C.R. 871
Bench S.B. Sinha J.
Decided 6 May 2008

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988; Ss. 166 and 173: Contributory negligence - Motor Vehicle accident - Claimant, a minor, driving two-wheeler met with an accident c with a tractor driven rashly and negligently by respondentNo.1 - - Liability of a minor - Deduction of certain amount from "' compensation as awarded by Tribunal on ground of contributory negligence - Held: Doctrine of contributory negligence not applicable to a minor with the same force as to - 'f a adult person - If complainant is guilty of an act/omission materially contributing to the accident resulting in injury and damage, the

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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