Supreme Court of India

Balbir Kaur & Ors. v. New India Assurance Company Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 6 S.C.R. 327
Bench S.B. Sinha and P. Sathasivam JJ.
Decided 15 April 2009

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Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 142 - Fatal accident - Tribunal awarded compensation holding insurer liable - High Court set aside the award opining that accident took c place a day before when policy to take effect, hence insurer was not liable - Meanwhile claimants withdrew the amount deposited by insurer - Held: In view of peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, interest of justice would be subserved if in exercise of discretionary jurisdiction under Article 142 of Constitution, insurer is directed not to recover .., . . the amount from claimants - Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 -

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