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Showing posts with label gratuitous passenger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gratuitous passenger. Show all posts
Monday, 26 January 2026

Himachal Pradesh HC: Owner of goods vehicle is liable to pay compensation regarding death or injury of gratuitous passenger travelling in his vehicle

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The differentiation in two situations can be marked for the reason that in the former case of non-existence or non-holding of the driving li...

Supreme Court: Legal heirs of gratuitous passengers in goods vehicle are not entitled to get compensation from insurance Company

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It is therefore, manifest that in spite of the amendment of 1994, the effect of the provision contained in Section 147 with respect to perso...
Sunday, 12 October 2025

Sikkim HC: Act only insurance policy does not cover the risk of death of or bodily injury to a gratuitous passenger in any vehicle

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   In Tilak Singh (supra) the pivotal issue was whether a statutory insurance policy under the MV Act, 1988 intended to cover risk to life o...

Sikkim HC: What is distinction between comprehensive/package policy and “Act policy for fixing liability of insurance company in motor accident claim petition?

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 The Supreme Court in National Insurance Company Limited vs. Balakrishnan and Another10 distinguished between “Comprehensive/Package Policy”...

Gujarat HC: Insurance Company can not prove breach of policy condition that private vehicle was taken on hire without examining material witnesses

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Therefore, in such circumstances, it is a duty of the insurance company to prove by leading proper evidence on record that deceased and othe...
Saturday, 30 August 2025

SC Rules Insurer Liable in Motor Accident Case Involving Goods Vehicle Passengers

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 Insofar as the contention regarding the passengers in the goods vehicle being gratuitous, we have to notice the evidence as produced by the...
Saturday, 14 September 2024

Supreme Court: Principle of “pay and recover” should be invoked in the case of gratuitous passengers in a goods vehicle

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The next question is as to which of the Respondents, that is the owner and driver, or the insurer of the vehicle, would be liable for paymen...