Supreme Court of India

Jagdish Kumar Sood v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Ors

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Reported as [2018] 3 S.C.R. 17
Bench Dipak Misra, A.M. Khanwilkar and Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud JJ.
Decided 6 March 2018

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (as amended vide Amendment Act 54 of 1994 w.e.f. 14.11.1994 and further amendment w.e.f. 28/3/2001) – s.2(21) r/w ss. 2(15), 2(48) and 10(2)(d) – Death due to motor accident – Tribunal awarded compensation but absolved the insurer on the ground that the vehicle involved in the acc ident was a Light Goods Vehicle – Tribunal held that in the absence of a specific authorization to drive a transport vehicle, the liabil ity could not be fastened on the insurer – Held: The issue is covered by a judgment of a three Judge Bench of Supreme Court i n Mukund Dewangan case –

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