{"id":201123,"date":"2018-09-01T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T04:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=201123"},"modified":"2018-09-04T11:34:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T06:04:14","slug":"lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"LRs of deceased cannot maintain claim under Section 166 MV Act if accident occurred on deceased\u2019s own fault or rash and negligent driving: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supreme Court: <\/strong>The Bench of N.V. Ramana and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ. allowed an appeal filed by the appellant (insurer) against the judgment and order of Tripura High Court whereby the insurer was directed to pay compensation to the respondents (legal representatives of the deceased) as awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, W.B.<\/p>\n

On 20-5-2012, deceased Dilip Bhowmik was returning to his house driving his vehicle. Near the bridge of the Agartala Railway Station, he met with an accident and sustained grievous injuries. He was declared dead on arrival by the hospital. At the relevant time, the deceased was 43 years old. According to respondents, his monthly income was Rs 15,000. They filed a claim petition, pursuant to which the Tribunal passed an award granting compensation of Rs 10,57,800. Aggrieved by the same the insurer filed appeal before the High Court which accepted it’s contention that the deceased was not a third party. However, the High Court directed the insurer to pay the compensation with a rider that it should not be treated as a precedent. Aggrieved thus, the insurer preferred the present appeal.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court considered the submissions of the parties and perused the record. It was noted that it was an admitted position that the deceased was the owner-cum-driver of the vehicle in question. The accident occurred due to rash and negligent driving by the deceased. No other vehicle was involved in the accident. The deceased being the owner of the offending vehicle, was not a third party within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The Court referred to the decision in Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. <\/em>v. Jhuma Saha<\/em><\/strong>, (2007) 9 SCC 263<\/a> and observed that a claimant cannot maintain a claim on the basis of his own fault or rash and negligent driving. Therefore, the respondents being legal representatives of the deceased could not have maintained the claim petition filed under Section 166 of the Act. The Court held that the High Court was not justified in directing the insurer to pay compensation determined by the Tribunal. However, the respondents were held entitled to the indemnification extended to personal accident of the deceased which was limited to Rs 2 lakhs under the contract of insurance. The appeal was disposed of in the terms above. [National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ashalata Bhowmik,2018 SCC OnLine SC 1264<\/b><\/a>, dated 31-08-2018]<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supreme Court: The Bench of N.V. Ramana and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ. allowed an appeal filed by the appellant (insurer) against the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":154914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[2728,31700,19791,30622],"class_list":["post-201123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-supremecourt","tag-compensation","tag-indemnification","tag-motor-vehicles-act","tag-rash-driving"],"yoast_head":"\nLRs of deceased cannot maintain claim under Section 166 MV Act if accident occurred on deceased\u2019s own fault or rash and negligent driving: SC | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LRs of deceased cannot maintain claim under Section 166 MV Act if accident occurred on deceased\u2019s own fault or rash and negligent driving: SC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supreme Court: The Bench of N.V. Ramana and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ. allowed an appeal filed by the appellant (insurer) against the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-01T04:30:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-09-04T06:04:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/\",\"name\":\"LRs of deceased cannot maintain claim under Section 166 MV Act if accident occurred on deceased\u2019s own fault or rash and negligent driving: SC | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-01T04:30:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-09-04T06:04:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"width\":1330,\"height\":887},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"LRs of deceased cannot maintain claim under Section 166 MV Act if accident occurred on deceased\u2019s own fault or rash and negligent driving: SC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\",\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Bhumika Indulia\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"LRs of deceased cannot maintain claim under Section 166 MV Act if accident occurred on deceased\u2019s own fault or rash and negligent driving: SC | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"LRs of deceased cannot maintain claim under Section 166 MV Act if accident occurred on deceased\u2019s own fault or rash and negligent driving: SC","og_description":"Supreme Court: The Bench of N.V. Ramana and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ. allowed an appeal filed by the appellant (insurer) against the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2018-09-01T04:30:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-09-04T06:04:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bhumika Indulia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Indulia","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/","name":"LRs of deceased cannot maintain claim under Section 166 MV Act if accident occurred on deceased\u2019s own fault or rash and negligent driving: SC | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","datePublished":"2018-09-01T04:30:51+00:00","dateModified":"2018-09-04T06:04:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","width":1330,"height":887},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/09\/01\/lrs-of-deceased-cannot-maintain-claim-under-section-166-mv-act-if-accident-occurred-on-deceaseds-own-fault-or-rash-and-negligent-driving-sc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LRs of deceased cannot maintain claim under Section 166 MV Act if accident occurred on deceased\u2019s own fault or rash and negligent driving: SC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a","name":"Bhumika Indulia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","caption":"Bhumika Indulia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":338268,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/01\/02\/andhra-pradesh-high-court-motor-accident-compensation-appeal-judgment-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":201123,"position":0},"title":"Andhra Pradesh High Court upholds compensation in Motor Accident Case; Dismisses allegations of foul play","author":"Arunima","date":"January 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"For the purpose of awarding compensation, there should be the causal relationship between the use of the motor vehicle and the accident resulting in death or permanent disablement, but the same is not required to be direct and proximate.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Andhra Pradesh High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Andhra-Pradesh-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Andhra-Pradesh-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Andhra-Pradesh-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Andhra-Pradesh-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":353399,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/07\/15\/sik-hc-deceased-workeman-compensation-for-son-motor-accident-death\/","url_meta":{"origin":201123,"position":1},"title":"\u2018Deceased a workman, not gratuitous passenger\u2019; Sikkim HC awards Rs 21.89 lakh compensation to parents for son\u2019s accidental death","author":"Editor","date":"July 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe deceased was a gratuitous passenger based on hearsay knowledge from persons who did not enter the witness box, but, on a preponderance of probabilities, the evidence on record clearly suggest that the deceased was a workman working with the owner.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"compensation for son\u2019s motor accident death","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/compensation-for-sons-motor-accident-death.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/compensation-for-sons-motor-accident-death.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/compensation-for-sons-motor-accident-death.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/compensation-for-sons-motor-accident-death.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":355038,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/07\/30\/karnataka-high-court-husband-entitled-loss-of-dependency-despite-separation-claim\/","url_meta":{"origin":201123,"position":2},"title":"Husband entitled to loss of dependency despite separation claim; Burden to establish separation on Insurer: Karnataka High Court","author":"Editor","date":"July 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cResiding together cannot be added as additional condition to be established by claimant to be entitled for compensation. Burden to establish separation would be on Insurer.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"husband entitled to loss of dependency despite separation","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/husband-entitled-to-loss-of-dependency-despite-separation.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/husband-entitled-to-loss-of-dependency-despite-separation.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/husband-entitled-to-loss-of-dependency-despite-separation.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/husband-entitled-to-loss-of-dependency-despite-separation.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":200168,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/16\/fake-driving-licence-per-se-does-not-absolve-insurer-of-liability-to-pay-compensation-sc\/","url_meta":{"origin":201123,"position":3},"title":"Fake driving licence, per se, does not absolve insurer of liability to pay compensation: SC \u00a0","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"August 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: A.M. Khanwilkar, J. delivered the judgment for CJ Dipak Misra and himself whereby the matter concerning the liability of the insurer to pay compensation in a motor accident claim was remanded back to the Allahabad High Court. Respondents 1-5 filed a claim before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":219628,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/09\/17\/del-hc-non-possession-of-valid-driving-license-by-itself-is-no-reason-for-not-granting-compensation-if-accident-proved-to-be-caused-by-rash-and-negligent-driving-of-offender\/","url_meta":{"origin":201123,"position":4},"title":"Del HC | Non-possession of valid driving license by itself is no reason for not granting compensation if accident proved to be caused by rash and negligent driving of offender","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"September 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi High Court:\u00a0Najmi Waziri, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the insurer against the award of compensation made by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, and also rejected insurer's claim to recover the amount so awarded from the owner of the offending vehicle. The insurer, represented by Hetu Arora Sethi, Advocate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":365368,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/10\/31\/sc-upholds-pay-and-recover-principle-in-motor-accident-claims\/","url_meta":{"origin":201123,"position":5},"title":"‘Expecting insurer to pay third-party compensation beyond terms of agreement is unfair’: Supreme Court upholds pay and recover principle in motor accident claims","author":"Arushi","date":"October 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"To deny compensation to the victim\/dependents of the victim, simply because the accident took place outside the bounds of the permit would be offensive to the sense of justice, for the accident itself is for no fault of his.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"pay and recover principle","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sc-02-77-1.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sc-02-77-1.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sc-02-77-1.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sc-02-77-1.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}