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Supreme Court judgments on Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

109 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

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Section 2 6Section 140 5Section 166 31Section 173 5
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Motor Vehicles Act and accident claims 182
Shivaji and Anr. vs Divisional Manager, United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Ors.
SC · 9 August 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 496 : 2018 INSC 682
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.163A – Fatal accident – A car dashed into a truck, resulting in the death of three persons including the driver of the vehicle and injuring two others, all of them were travelling in the car…
Santosh Devi and Ors. vs Mahaveer Singh and Ors.
SC · 9 August 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 499 : 2018 INSC 679
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.166 – Death due to motor accident in 1992 – Claim of appellants that the deceased was in the business of selling desi ghee and namkin bhujia and his monthly income was Rs.3,500/- – Tribunal a…
Rani & Ors. vs National Insurance Company Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 31 July 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 363 : 2018 INSC 652
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 – Motor accident – Resulting in death of one and injury to another person – Two separate claims (one by legal representatives of deceased and another by the injured person) – Tribunal gran…
Nutan Rani and Anr. vs Gurmail Singh and Ors.
SC · 20 July 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 607 : 2018 INSC 621
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s. 166 – Compensation – Award of – Death in motor accident of 30 years old salesman having salary of Rs.3,000 per month – Computation of income of the deceased – Addition on account of future p…
Kalim Khan & Others vs Fimidabee & Others
SC · 3 July 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 561 : 2018 INSC 573
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – ss. 165 and 166 – Claim petition – Maintainability of – Compensation – Liability of insurer – Blasting operation carried out in the field of the owner, for digging of the well using battery of…
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation vs Baby P. P. & Ors.
SC · 16 May 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 747 : 2018 INSC 525
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Chapter VI – ss.99, 100, 103 and s.104 and its Proviso – Road Transport Service – Grant of temporary permit to private stage carriage operators on notified routes – When not permissible – Schem…
Mohar Sai and Anr. vs Gayatri Devi and Ors.
SC · 27 April 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 509 : 2018 INSC 429
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.140 – When not applicable – Person died in a motor accident – Claim petition by respondentsheirs of the deceased – Tribunal decided the petition in favour of the respondents holding that the…
Nishan Singh & Ors. vs Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. through Regional Manager & Ors.
SC · 27 April 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 795 : 2018 INSC 431
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – ss.166 and 140 – Fatal accident – Victim-deceased was travelling along with her husband-appellant no.1 in the car driven by PW-2 – The car dashed against the truck which was running ahead of it…
Sureshchandra Bagmal Doshi & Anr. vs The New India Assurance Company Limited & Ors.
SC · 18 April 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 870 : 2018 INSC 362
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Motor accident – Award of compensation – Future income rise – Computation of – Death of victim-25 year old widow, in a motor accident – Victim was a qualified engineer, drawing monthly salary o…
Smt. Suvarnamma & Anr. vs United India Insurance Company Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 11 April 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 1022 : 2018 INSC 328
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Compensation – Claim for – For fatal accident – Award of compensation by Claims Tribunal, holding the owner of the offending vehicle and the insurance company jointly and severally liable – Appe…
Bhartiben Nayabha Ker and Ors. vs Sidabha Pethabha Manke and Ors.
SC · 6 April 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 1052 : 2018 INSC 305
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.166 – Death due to motor accident – Tribunal allowed compensation claim of appellants in the amount of Rs.7,78,000/- with interest @ 12% p.a. – High Court allowed an additional amount of Rs.3…
Mangla Ram vs The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 6 April 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 287 : 2018 INSC 311
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 – Compensation – Contributory negligence – Claimant’s case was that on a fateful day while he was driving a motorcycle, he was hit by jeep driven by respondent no.2 resulting in serious in…
Shivawwa and Anr. vs The Branch Manager, National India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Anr.
SC · 28 March 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 599 : 2018 INSC 285
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.166 – Person died after falling off from the tractor-trailer owned by respondent No.2 – Claim petition filed by appellant No.1, father of the deceased before Tribunal seeking compensation fro…
Archit Saini and Anr. vs The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. and Ors.
SC · 9 February 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 626 : 2018 INSC 128
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 – Fatal accident – Contributory negligence – Collision of car with the offending vehicle on the busy road causing death of driver and one person and injuring two others – Tribunal relied o…
Sube Singh and Anr. vs Shyam Singh (Dead) and Ors.
SC · 9 February 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 636 : 2018 INSC 126
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 – Multiplier – Fatal accident – Victim aged 23 years – High Court applied multiplier of 14 for determining compensation amount in reference to the age of parents of the deceased – Parents…
Vijay Kumar Rastogi vs Uttar Pradesh State Roadways Transport Corporation
SC · 9 February 2018
[2018] 2 S.C.R. 620 : 2018 INSC 129
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.166 – Just compensation – Loss of taxable income – Consideration of, while determining compensation – Held: Income should include those benefits which are taken into consideration for payment…
Naveen Kumar vs Vijay Kumar and Ors.
SC · 6 February 2018
[2018] 2 S.C.R. 572 : 2018 INSC 100
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.2(30) – ‘Owner’ – Motor vehicle driven in reverse gear hit two persons – One died on the spot, while the other received multiple injuries – Vehicle involved in the accident was registered in…
Ramrao Lala Borse and Anr. vs New India Assurance Company Ltd. and Anr.
SC · 19 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 190 : 2018 INSC 43
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 – Fatal accident of a 29 years old bachelor – Claim for compensation by his parents (agd 65 and 50 years) – Tribunal, on the basis of age of the deceased adopted multiplier of 17 and award…
Pappu and Ors. vs Vinod Kumar Lamba and Anr.
SC · 19 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 195 : 2018 INSC 36
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s. 149(2)(a)(ii) – Motor vehicle accident – Liability of the insurance company – Onus to prove that offending vehicle was driven by unauthorized person – On whom – On facts, offending truck driv…

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