Supreme Court of India

Parminder Singh v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 8 S.C.R. 986
Bench Indu Malhotra and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 1 July 2019

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Permannet disbaility due to accident – Driver of the offending vehicle not possessing valid driver license – Liability of the Insrance Company – Principle o f ‘pay and recover’ – Appellant-driver was driving a car in wh ich a Cabinet Minister in Punjab, was being driven from Ludhiana – Car ramme d by a truck coming from the opposite direction at a very high speed and being driven in a rash and negligent manner – ccident occurred due to the contributory negligence of the driver of anot her truck which was wrongly parked on the road– Minister su ccumbed to the

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