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The Jharkhand High Court has upheld the award of ₹11,45,932 granted by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Dhanbad, to the widow of a carpenter who succumbed to injuries sustained in a fatal motorcycle accident. The court emphasised that failure of the insurance company to summon key witnesses or rebut the evidence presented by the claimants resulted in an adverse inference …

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Motor Accident | Claimant Can Approach Tribunal Having Jurisdiction Over 'Issuing Office' Of Offending Vehicle's Insurer: Rajasthan HC

The Rajasthan High Court has made it clear that a claimant seeking compensation for motor accident can approach the Tribunal having jurisdiction over the issuing office of the offending vehicle's insurer. A single judge bench of Justice Anil Kumar Upman referred to Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act which lays down that an application for compensation could be filed …

The Karnataka High Court has upheld an order passed by the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal which granted compensation to villagers who met with an accident and suffered injuries while travelling in tractor-Trailers along with their pet goats. A single judge bench of Justice V Srishananda though agreed with the contention of the insurance company that there is a violation of …

Once Criminal Court Finds A Person Guilty Of Rash & Negligent Driving, Motor Accident Tribunal Can't Hold Driver Was Someone Else: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently said that once a competent criminal court has found the driver of an offending vehicle guilty and convicted him for charges of rash and negligent driving and causing death, findings of Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal that the driver of the car was another person, cannot be accepted. A single judge bench of Justice N S …

Rajasthan HC Reverses Finding Of Motor Accident Tribunal; Directs Insurer Of Offending Vehicle To Reimburse Payment Made By Opposite Vehicle's Insurer

Reversing the findings of a Motor Accident Tribunal which had fixed 50% contributory negligence on the truck driver against which the claimants' car had dashed, the Rajasthan High Court has directed the car insurance company to reimburse the payments made by insurer of the truck. Justice Birendra Kumar held that the Tribunal had passed the impugned order without taking note …