Safiq Ahmad vs Icici Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. & Others

Court

Supreme Court of India

Date

16 December 2021

Case No.

Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 1110 of 2017

Bench

M.R. Shah, Sanjiv Khanna

Citation

[2021] 9 S.C.R. 560 : 2021 INSC 910

Headnote

Compensation – Filing of fake claim petitions for getting compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act as well as under the Workmen Compensation Act – How to curb the menace – Before any further directions are issued, the Ministry of Transport, Government of India to give suggestions for remedial and preventive measures – Direction issued to implead Ministry of Transport, Government of India as a party-respondent – Workmen Compensation Act – Motor Vehicles Act.

The following Order of the Court was passed : ORDER 1. The issue is with respect to filing of fake claim petitions for getting compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act as well as under the Workmen Compensation Act. 2. Pursuant to our earlier order dated 05.10.2021, the Special Investigating Team (SIT) has filed a Status Report with respect to complaints filed/enquiry completed, the names of the accused, where the criminal complaints are filed and in which criminal cases the charge sheets have been filed. A separate sheet containing the names of advocates against whom the prima facie cases o

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