{"id":173204,"date":"2017-12-04T14:56:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T09:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=173204"},"modified":"2017-12-04T14:56:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T09:26:40","slug":"insurance-company-pay-even-accident-occurs-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2017\/12\/04\/insurance-company-pay-even-accident-occurs-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurance company to pay, even if the accident occurs abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Punjab &amp; Haryana High Court:<\/strong> In its recent order, the Court ruled that the insurance company is bound to pay compensation for the accident caused, even if the same occurred abroad. The Bench of Rajbir Sehrawat, J.\u00a0 set aside the earlier order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Kurukshetra which had absolved the insurance company from its liability and had instead ordered the owners of the bus to pay a compensation of Rs 4, 34,500, in a case where the bus in question carrying 54 pilgrims met with an accident in Nepal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Justice Sehrawat in his judgement stated, \u201c\u2026.the insurance policy is attached to the \u2018vehicle\u2019 in question and not to geographical expanse of the area of operation of the vehicle in question\u2026\u201d. He further supplemented the same by saying, \u201c\u2026Motor Vehicles Act extends only to &#8216;whole of India&#8217; as per\u00a0 Section 1, so it does not cover the area outside India. However, this rational also does not exempt the Insurance Company from liability arising from the usage of the vehicle outside the geographical area of the Union of India. 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