The Karnataka High Court reiterated that Motor Vehicles Act being a beneficial legislation, the provisions thereof have to be given beneficial meaning and effect. While dismissing an insurer's appeal against condonation of delay in filing the claim petition, a single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj also recounted the amendments made in the year 2019 and the Rules which have …
A news report about a judgment delivered by Kerala High Court in March 2018 is seen going rounds recently in the Social Media. In the said judgment, the High Court had held that, in the absence of a statutory provision to hold that use of mobile phone while driving or riding a vehicle would amount to a dangerous act or …