Supreme Court of India

Mamtaj Bi Bapusab Nadaf & Ors. v. United India Insurance Co. & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 10 S.C.R. 996
Bench Dalveer Bhandari and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.
Decided 7 September 2010

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988- s. 147, Explanation - Liability of insurance company - Incident resulting in death of workmen - Workmen engaged in unloading food grain from tractor trailer to underground storage bin - Workers falling into grocery pit while cleaning the pit for storing food grain - Death due to asphyxia - Claim petition - Insurance Company held o liable to pay compensation - High Court setting aside the liability of Insurance Company - Interference with - Held: Not called for - Vehicle was not involved in the accident - Death of workmen cannot said to have any proximate or direct

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