Supreme Court of India

Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Saju P. Paul and Another

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Reported as [2013] 2 S.C.R. 1
Bench R.M. Lodha and Anil R. Da Ve JJ.
Decided 3 January 2013

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that this petition may be placed for consideration before a larger Bench.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 147 - Motor accident of goods vehicle - Injury to the claimant, who was travelling in the vehicle and claiming to be a spare driver - Liability of the insurance company - Held: Insurance company not liable to pay compensation - Spare driver was not covered under the policy - He was admittedly not driving the vehicle nor was engaged for driving the said vehicle - Thus he was a gratuitous passenger - In the facts of the case, Insurance Company directed to pay the compensation and later to recover the same from the owner-insured. The question for consideration in

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