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Supreme Court judgments on Section 140, Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

5 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 140 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

The Oriental Insurance Company Limited vs Kalu Ram and Others
SC · 23 June 2026
[2026] 7 S.C.R. 195 : 2026 INSC 653
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the concurrent finding of negligence and the quantum of compensation awarded by the courts below; and the enhancement of compensation on the ground that the future earning potent…
Nidhi Bhargava & Ors. vs National Insurance Company Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 22 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 1468 : 2025 INSC 526
Whether the High Court was justified in reducing the compensation payable to the appellants from Rs.31,41,000/- to Rs.16,97,370/maintaining the interest awarded at the rate of 9% p.a.
Meena Devi vs Nunu Chand Mahto @ Nemchand Mahto & Ors.
SC · 13 October 2022
[2022] 18 S.C.R. 449 : 2022 INSC 1080
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988:ss. 140, 166 rw s.171 – Compensation – Enhancement of – Death of 12 year old boy in a motor accident – Tribunal awarded lump sum compensation of Rs. 1,50,000/-, while the High Court enhanced it t…
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…

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