Supreme Court of India

Narinder Singh. v. New India Assurance Company Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 9 S.C.R. 551
Bench M.Y. Eqbal and Pinaki Chandra Ghose JJ.
Decided 4 September 2014

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforesaid, this appeal has no merit and is liable to be dismissed.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss. 39, 43 and 192 - Accident of vehicle without registration - Temporary registraUon had expired prior to date of accident - Claim for compensation from insurer, under Consumer Protection Act - Entitlement - Held: The complainant was not entitled to compensation - The temporary registration had already expired and temporary registration was neither extended nor the vehicle was registered - Using the vehicle on public road without any registration is not only an offence punishable u/s 192, it is also fundamental breach of the terms and conditions of policy contract

Where later benches applied it

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