Supreme Court of India

N. Jayasree & Ors. v. Cholamandalam Ms General Insurance Company Ltd.

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Reported as [2021] 6 S.C.R. 1001
Bench S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 25 October 2021

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Motor Vehicles Act,1988: Legal representative – Meaning of – Mother in law of deceased – Claim petition, maintainabilit y – The term ‘legal representative’ should be given a wider i nterpretation for the purpose of Chapter XII of MV Act and it sho uld not be confined only to mean the spouse, parents and child ren of the deceased – MV Act is a benevolent legislation enacted for the obj ect of providing monetary relief to the victims or thei r families – Therefore, the MV Act calls for a liberal and wider interpre tation to serve the real purpose underlying the enactment and fulfil its

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