Supreme Court of India

Saroj & Ors. v. Het Lal & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 14 S.C.R. 513
Bench V.S. Sirpurkar and T.S. Thakur JJ.
Decided 7 December 2010

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1966 - ss. 166 and 161 (3)(a) - Compensation - Motorcycle driven by deceased, hit by - vehicle driven in a rash and negligent manner, resulting in death of motorcyclist - Claim petition - Dismissed by Tribunal as also High Court - On appeal, held: Courts below ignored the admission by the owner of the vehicle that the vehicle belonging to him was involved in an accident with motorcycle and vehicle was driven by the driver - It cannot be said that the negligence being on part of the motorcyclist, there was no question of compensation and that it was· a hit and run case -

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