Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Fake licence - No person will have expertise to know as to whether driving licence is fake or not - Even a person with reasonable knowledge and education will not be able to find out the difference between fake and a genuine driving licence...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Fake licence - Liability of owner - Licence issued by Licensing Authority was fake - However, same licence renewed by another DTO for 6 times after following due procedure - Owner of vehicle employed driver on basis of renewed driving licence by Appropriate Authority - Employer cannot be blamed for employing driver...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Permanent disability - Amputation of right hand - Compensation - Appellant was a fruit seller on a hand cart - Right hand of appellant was crushed in bus accident, which substantially affecting his business - Award of Rs.2.5 lakhs cannot be held to be just and reasonable compensation - Amputation of right hand has caused..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Permanent disability - Compensation - Enhancement of - Appellant confined his claim to Rs.3 lakhs due to reason that he was unable to deposit Court fee on Rs.9,05,000 - However, appellant expressly stated that if it is entitled to get more than Rs.3 lakhs, he is ready to deposit deficient Court fee - This clearly means..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Death - Compensation - Age of deceased was 15 years and he was a student and helping his parents to do agriculture work - Tribunal granted lump-sum of Rs.15 lakhs - Amount granted not on higher side as incident is of 2017 and deceased was helping hand in cultivating of agriculture land - Moreover, minimum wages per day of..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 157 -- Accident - Insurance policy - S.157(1) of the Act shows that transfer of Certificate of Insurance is deemed to have been transferred in favour of person to whom motor vehicle is transferred w.e.f. the date of its transfer...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 157 -- Accident - Injury case - Driver purchased vehicle after accident and became registered owner - Plea of insurance company that said fact not brought to notice of insurer - As far as third party is concerned, entitlement of securing Award and enforcing it against insurer can never be denied and liability would therefore be of..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 157 -- Accident - Injury case - Driver purchased vehicle after accident and became registered owner hence, in terms of S.157(1) of the Act which contain deemed provision, the certificate of insurance and policy is also deemed to have been transferred to him - Therefore, insurer cannot escape its liability on the ground that earlier..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 157 -- Accident - Injury case - Change of owner of vehicle - Liability of insurance company - Continues...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Plea that wife of deceased had relinquished her share in favour of her i, laws and got certain properties in lieu thereof as such wife is not entitled to any compensation - Held, grant of compensation by MACT or by Court in respect of accidental death of a person is not affected by family arrangement of..........