Supreme Court of India
Ramkhiladi & Anr. v. The United India Insurance Company & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the present appeal is partly allowed to the aforesaid extent and it is observed and held that the original claimants shall be entitled to a sum of Rs.1 lakh only with interest @ 7.5 per cent per annum from the date of the claim petition till realization.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s. 163A – Claim under – Vic tim was travelling on a motorcycle and met an accident – Victim died – As per claimants, the accident occurred on account of rash and negligent driving of the driver of another motorcycle – Claim Petition u/s. 163A of the Act filed by the appellants against the owner of the vehicle on which victim/deceased was travelling and its insurance company – Neither the driver nor the owner or the i nsurance company of another motorcycle were joined as oppone nts in the claim petition – Tribunal held insurance company li able to pay compensation of
Authorities it was built on
- 2013 Reshma Kumari and Ors. v. Madan Mohan and Anr.
- 2009 Ningamma & Anr. v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
- 2007 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Laxmi Narain Dhut
- 2018 Naveen Kumar V. Vijay Kumar and Ors. v. Vijay Kumar and Ors.
- 2007 Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Jhuma Saha and Ors.
- 2008 Premkumari and Ors. v. Prahlad Dev and Ors.
- 2008 Assurance Company Ltd. v. Sadanand Mukhi and Others
- 2015 Jitendra Khimshankar Trivedi & Ors. v. Kasam Daud Kumbhar & Ors.
- 2004 Dhanraj v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. and Anr.
- 2008 Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Rajni Devi & Ors.
- 2018 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ashalata Bhowmik and Ors.
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