Supreme Court of India

Manuara Khatun & Ors. v. Rajesh Kr. Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 1 S.C.R. 789
Bench J. Chelameswar and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 21 February 2017

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Motor accident - Compensation - Victim travelling as gratuitous passenger in the offending vehicle which was found involved in causing accident due to negligence of its driver - Liability of Insurance Company of the offending vehicle - Held: Claimants are entitled for an order against the Insurer of the offending vehicle to pay the awarded sum to the claimants and then to recover the said amount from the insured, owner of the ·offending vehicle in the same proceedings. Allowing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1.1 It cannot be said that the law laid down in *Saju P.

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