Supreme Court of India

Samundra Devi and Ors. v. Narendra Kaur and Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 11 S.C.R. 714
Decided 1 August 2008

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss. 149, 166 and 170: ··Accident between two vehicles - Causing death of a per- c son - Compensation claim - Driver of offending vehicle did not possess a valid driving license - Ori that ground, Tribunal held that there was breach of insurance policy in respect of the offending vehicle, and consequently, the insurer was not liable to reimburse the owner of, the offending vehicle, the 0 amount payable by him by way of compensation - Claimants filed appEJ,al contending that the insurer also ought to be made ~- liable to pay compensation - High Court held the insurer

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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