Supreme Court of India

Mohammed Siddique & Anr. v. National Insurance Company Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 1 S.C.R. 931
Bench N. V. Ramana and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 8 January 2020

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Compensation – The son of the appellants died as a result of the injuries sustained in a road traffic accident – The victim was one of the pillion riders on a motor cycle and he was thrown off the vehicle when a car hit the motor cycle from behind – The Tribunal found that the accident was caused due to the rash and negligent driving of the car and arrived at an amount of Rs. 11,66,800/- as the total compensation payable – Thi s finding was confirmed by the High Court, though with a rider that the v ictim was guilty of contributory negligence, in as much as t here

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