Accident Archives

Ker HC | The aim of compensation is to achieve an acceptable degree of proximity to arithmetical precision on the basis of materials brought on record; HC reiterates legal position

Kerala High Court: Anil K, Narendran, J., allowed this Motor Accident Claim Appeal filed against the order of Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal.

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | In case owner of vehicle does not intimate Insurance Company about the accident, can Insurance Company be exempted from paying interest? HC explains

Allahabad High Court: Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, J., observed that if the insurance co. will not be liable to pay interest, then it

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | Investigation and Survey by an insurance company are fundamental in determining the amount payable to insured: Can a survey be disregarded or dismissed? Read Commission’s decision

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Dinesh Singh (Presiding Member) while addressing the instant first appeal upheld the State Commission’s Order in

Case Briefs High Courts

[MV Act] Chh HC | Whether ‘gratuitous passenger’ is covered for compensation under ‘Liability Only Policy’ by insurance company? Ambit of “Legal representatives’ discussed

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of P. R. Ramchandra Menon and Parth Prateem Sahu JJ., allowed the appeal and modified the

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Can pension of deceased be deducted while granting compensation to his widow in a motor accident case? HC elaborates

Allahabad High Court: Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, J., modified the sum of the award granted to a widow by the Motor Accident Claims

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Whether res judicata will apply where issue of negligence already decided by competent Tribunal in claim arising out of same accident? Court examines

Allahabad High Court: Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, J., while addressing the matter observed that: “…where there are multiple claims, MACT should place all

Case Briefs High Courts

[MV Act] Kar HC | Strict rules of evidence are not required to be followed in matters relating to MV Act, 1988; Petition allowed

Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Alok Aradhe and H.T. Narendra Prasad JJ., allowed the appeal stating that the Tribunal is

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | Can driving a motor cycle without taking orientation desired by owner and resulting in accident be equated with intentional self-injury? Read Commission’s opinion

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): V. K. Jain (Presiding Member) while addressing the present matter observed that, A negligent act such as

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | If there is breach of policy condition, is the Insurance company still liable to pay compensation? HC explains in a motor accident case

Bombay High Court: Anil S. Kilor, J., decided an appeal wherein the claim petition was rejected by the Motor Accident Tribunal on certain

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | What factors are to be considered while fixing compensation in cases of permanent disability caused due to accidents? HC explains

Madras High Court: S.M. Subramaniam, J., while determining the compensation in the cases of accident, observed that, “…job of Homemaker can never be

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Accident caused due to non-illuminated and unmanned chained police barricades; Victim entitled to claim damages for negligence

Delhi High Court: Navin Chawla, J., while addressing a petition with regard to an accident caused due to the non-illuminated and unmanned police

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Unnao rape case: All cases transferred to Delhi; Probe to be completed within maximum 14 days

Supreme Court: The Court has asked CBI to investigate within 7 days the mysterious case of the accident in which the Unnao

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Death due to malaria occasioned by a mosquito bite in a malaria prone area is not an accident

Supreme Court: When the bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, JJ was tasked with determining whether a death due to

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Murder without the deliberate and wilful act of the insured falls within the definition of the term ‘accident’ for the purposes of an accident insurance claim

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The bench comprising of S.M. Kantikar and Dinesh Singh, Members, while dealing with an appeal filed

Case Briefs High Courts

Fixing speed for plying vehicles on NH is policy matter of government; petition for violation of Article 21 dismissed

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Rajendra Menon, C.J. and V. Kameswar Rao, J. dismissed a petition filed by a

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Denial of breath sample especially on occurrence of accident causing death amounts to criminal offence: SC of Canada

‘Sentence must be proportionate to the gravity of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the offender’ Supreme Court of Canada:

Case Briefs High Courts

Compensation awarded under Employees’ Compensation Act in lieu of death in vehicular accident cannot be treated as taxable income

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Vivek Singh Thakur, J. upheld the decision of the Commissioner directing the

Supreme Court

TISCO Fire Accident: Inspector had the knowledge as under S. 106 of Factories Act

Supreme Court: The instant case arose under Sections 106 and 88 of the Factories Act, 1948 as indicated by the facts wherein