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Sushilaben Indravadan Gandhi & Anr. v. The New India Assurance Company Limited & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 9 S.C.R. 32
Bench R. F. Nariman and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 15 April 2020

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 – Comprehensive Private Car ‘ ’ Policy – Fatal accident – surgeon working in respo ndent no.3 hospital was travelling in a bus owned by the hospita l which met with an accident due to rash and negligent driving of the driv er of the bus – The surgeon was seriously injured and ult imately succumbed to his injuries – Claim for compensation by h is wife – The policy contained a clause that the insurance co mpany would not be liable where death or injury arose out of and in the co urse of employment of such person by the insured – Insurance c ompany denied the

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