Supreme Court of India
National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Kaushalya Devi and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above analysis the following situations emerge:.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
t Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss. 3, 4, 10 and 149 - Motor accident - By goods vehicle - Causing death of passenger c travelling therein - Claim for compensation - Granted by Tri- bunal holding the Insurance company liable to pay - High Court holding Insurance Company not liable - However, since awarded amount already deposited, directed the release thereof in favour of claimant with liberty to Insurance Com- pany to recover it from the owner of offending vehicle - On >-~, appeal, held: The owner alone was liable to pay the compen- sation as driver of the offending vehicle was not holding
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Saju P. Paul and Another
- 2008 United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Rakesh Kumar Arora & Ors.
- 2017 Manuara Khatun & Ors. v. Rajesh Kr. Singh & Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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