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A legal representative is one, who suffers on account of death of a person due to a motor vehicle accident and need not necessarily be a wife, husband, parent or child.
The accused person’s Creta car dashed against the scooty on which the deceased couple was travelling along with their daughter. Due of the impact, couple died on the spot and their daughter was seriously injured. After the death of couple, the injured daughter and two other minor children of the couple became orphan.
“The chargesheet submitted without permission from the Magistrate concerned to investigate the offence, cannot be rendered valid in terms of provision of Section 155 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 which lays down that no police officer shall investigate a non-cognizable case without the order of a Magistrate having power to try such case or commit the case for trial.”
The Court opined that the applicant has a bright future and is apprehensive of the stigma of conviction that may ruin his future, therefore, it was expedient to release him on probation under the Section 4 benefit
The Good Samaritan law states that a person who chooses to take steps to aid a person a distress should not be harassed for showing kindness and if in the process the Good Samaritan suffers some injury or fatal consequence, the law must come to his rescue.
“Right to recover the compensation will also be available to the Insurance Company where the offending vehicle is being operated at the time of the accident at a place for which it does not have a valid Permit.”
In the case at hand, because of the impugned notification, the stage carriage permit holders were required to stop at two new bus stations in Burdwan Town, instead of the old bus station where they were used to stop.
In case the certificate was lying in the vehicle at the time it was repossessed, the impugned order directing for the vehicle to be registered in the name of the financier would not cause any prejudice nor could be said to be contrary to any provisions of law.
Punjab and Haryana High Court while disposing of the appeals challenging compensation awarded by Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal held, unmarried daughter is financially dependent on her deceased father and entitled for compensation.
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