Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - 100% permanent disability - Amputation of left lower limb above knee joint - Liability of Insurance Company - Claimant is a 20 years old lady who was working as a labourer and was travelling in trailer attached to tractor - Trailer was not insured, thus insurance company is liable - However, disability being 100% and..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Road Accident - Delay in disposal of claim cases - Directions issued: (i) On receiving the intimation regarding road accident by use of a motor vehicle at public place, SHO concerned shall take steps as per S.159 of the M.V. Amendment Act; (ii) After registering the FIR, I.O shall take recourse as specified in the M.V. Amendment..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 149 -- Accident - Compensation - Liability of insurance company - Where claimant was a gratuitous passenger in the offending vehicle, Insurance company would not be liable to reimburse compensation...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 149 -- Accident - Compensation - Liability of insurance company - Appellant was aged about 19 years old at the time of accident - Left leg of appellant was amputed below knee due to injuries suffered in the accident - Appellant will not be able to perform any physical labour - Though appellant was a gratuitous passenger in the..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 149 -- Accident - Compensation - Liability of Insurance Company - Testimony of eye witness - Incident occurred in busy market place - Testimony of eye witness duly established the accident as well as involvement of offending vehicle - Eye witness did not know the deceased and his family before the accident - Merely because he has not..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 149 -- Accident - Compensation - Liability of insurance company - Bus plying under an agreement with the Corporation, met with an accident - It will be deemed that vehicle was transferred alongwith the insurance policy, even if it were insured at the instance of the original owner - Insurance Company is liable to pay compensation...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 279, Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 12, Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 185, 147, 203, 204, 205 -- Accident - Drunken driving - Liability of Insurance Company - Driver and co-passenger proved to be under influence of alcohol - Aggravates possibility of rash and negligent driving - Insurance company is entitled to invoke exclusion..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 23 -- Accident - Insurance claim - Damage to truck - Plea of transfer to third party by entering into a sale agreement - Registration of truck is in the name of appellant on the date of accident - Over three years after alleged transfer of vehicle in the name of `M', appellant paid premium of insurance policy - Insurance policy is..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 149 -- Accident - Compensation - Liability of insurance company - Offending vehicle/bus was hired by Corporation under an agreement between it and bus owner - Vehicle was insured - Agreement clause that Corporation has no liability for fault, negligence, accident or other illegal acts of driver of vehicle - Insurance company liable to..........
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...........
