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Supreme Court and High Courts judgments on Motor Vehicles Act and accident claims

182 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (filed under the provisions below, or naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count.

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 109
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.
In Re: Compensation Amounts Deposited with Motor Accident Claims Tribunals and Labour Courts vs Na
SC · 22 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 1613 : 2025 INSC 530
Issue arose in this suo motu writ petition with respect to the large amounts of unclaimed compensation lying deposited with MACTs and Labour Courts under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1…
New India Assurance Co. Ltd. vs Smt. Sunita Sharma and Ors.
SC · 8 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 603 : 2025 INSC 469
How the compensation payable under the Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 has to be dealt with in computing the compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988…
The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. vs Gopu & Anr.
SC · 8 April 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 169 : 2025 INSC 511
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court enhancing the compensation awarded to the claimants under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
M/s Chatha Service Station vs Lalmati Devi & Ors.
SC · 8 April 2025
[2025] 5 S.C.R. 435 : 2025 INSC 468
Whether the Tribunal was justified in directing the insurer to pay the award amount and recover it from the owner and driver of the offending vehicle carrying hazardous goods, in view of the absence of an endorsement in…
Srikrishna Kanta Singh vs The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 25 March 2025
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 1113 : 2025 INSC 394
Whether on facts, the Tribunal and the High Court erred in finding contributory negligence on the part of the driver of the scooter; whether contributory negligence could have been concluded on the ground of the scooter…
Sunita & Ors. vs Vinod Singh & Ors.
SC · 19 March 2025
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 811 : 2025 INSC 366
Matter pertains to the adequacy of compensation granted to the appellants under Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
Parminder Singh vs Honey Goyal and Others
SC · 18 March 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 50 : 2025 INSC 361
Matter pertains to the enhancement of the amount of compensation granted to the appellant, aged 21 years, a veterinary student and State Level player in Volleyball who sufferred quadriplegia-paralysis of all four limbs a…
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation vs Mahadeo Krishna Naik
SC · 14 February 2025
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 100 : 2025 INSC 218
Whether the appellant-Corporation is guilty of suggestio falsi by not disclosing what it had pleaded before the MACT and suppresio veri by suppressing the award; whether the High Court was justified in exercising review…
M/s S.R.S. Travels by its Proprietor K.T. Rajashekar vs The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Workers & Ors.
SC · 6 February 2025
[2025] 3 S.C.R. 262 : 2025 INSC 152
Issue arose as regards the constitutional validity of the Karnataka Motor Vehicles Taxation and Certain Other Law (Amendment) Act, 2003 repealing the Karnataka Contract Carriages (Acquisition) Act, 1976 particularly give…
S. Vishnu Ganga & Ors. vs M/s Oriental Insurance Company Limited Rep. by Its Divisional Manager & Ors.
SC · 29 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1163 : 2025 INSC 123
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court reducing the amount of compensation granted under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
Tilak Raj vs State of Himachal Pradesh
HP HC · 10 January 2025
The petitioner, Tilak Raj, who had been in custody since 19.05.2023, filed a petition under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking regular bail arising out of FIR No. 98 of 2023 registered at…
Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd vs Tinaben Rajeshbhai Bhil
Gujarat HC · 2 January 2025
The petitioner-Insurance Company filed a Special Civil Application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Auxiliary), Chhotaudepur at Bodeli, which con…
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd vs Virsinh Muljibhai Khadiya & Ors.
Gujarat HC · 2 January 2025
The petitioner, an insurance company, challenged an order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal at Dahod which condoned a delay of 9 days in filing a claim petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The…
Geeta Dubey & Ors. vs United India Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 18 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 652 : 2024 INSC 998
Issue arose as regards the correctness of the cryptic order passed by the High Court setting aside the award passed by the MACT holding that the claimants have not adduced any evidence to prove the aspect of the accident…
K.S. Muralidhar vs R. Subbulakshmi & Anr.
SC · 22 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 835 : 2024 INSC 886
Matter pertains to the enhancement of compensation towards pain and suffering for a motor accident victim having suffered 100% disability.
M/s Bajaj Alliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. vs Rambha Devi & Ors.
SC · 6 November 2024
[2024] 11 S.C.R. 541 : 2024 INSC 840
(i) Whether a driver holding a Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) license (for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of less than 7,500 kgs) as per Section 10(2)(d), which specifies ‘Light Motor Vehicle’, can operate a ‘Transport…
Sajeena Ikhbal & Ors. vs Mini Babu George & Ors.
SC · 17 October 2024
[2024] 10 S.C.R. 786 : 2024 INSC 787
Whether Motor Accident Claims Tribunal was justified in dismissing the claim petition of appellants on the ground that the appellants have failed to prove that the accident occurred due to negligent driving of respondent…
Sushma vs Nitin Ganapati Rangole & Ors.
SC · 19 September 2024
[2024] 9 S.C.R. 425 : 2024 INSC 706
The core issue involved in these appeals centres around the deduction of 50% compensation awardable to the appellantclaimants, who have assailed the concurrent findings of the Courts below on the aspect of contributory n…
Kanubhai Ranchhodbhai Rabari vs Mahendrasinh Bhairavsinh Parmar & Ors.
Gujarat HC · 17 September 2024
Two First Appeals arising out of a judgment and award dated 31.01.2023 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Mahesana in M.A.C.P. No.125 of 2014 were heard together. The claimant, a policeman aged 28 years, susta…
Vaibhav Jain vs Hindustan Motors Pvt. Ltd.
SC · 3 September 2024
[2024] 9 S.C.R. 16 : 2024 INSC 652
Whether as a mere dealer of M/s Hindustan Motors, the appellant could be considered owner of the vehicle and as such liable, jointly and severally with M/s Hindustan Motors, to pay the compensation as directed by the Tri…
National Insurance Company Ltd vs Gurbax Kaur And Ors
P&H HC · 29 August 2024
The appellant/insurance company challenged an award dated 03.09.2019 passed by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, whereby compensation of Rs.23,50,000/- with interest at 7.5% per annum was aw…
New India Assurance Company Limited vs Heirs Of Decd. Pradipsinh Laxmandevsinh Chudasama & Ors.
Gujarat HC · 21 August 2024
The appellant, New India Assurance Company Limited, challenged the judgment and award dated 23.03.2012 of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Main), Rajkot, in Motor Accident Claim Petition No. 1936 of 2000, whereby the…
Monghiben Karshan Ayar & Ors. vs Kantilal Gopalji Thakkar & Ors.
Gujarat HC · 14 August 2024
The appellants, being the legal heirs of deceased victims of a motor accident that occurred on 03.05.1994 near Adipur, preferred a First Appeal under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, against the judgment and…
Rahul vs National Insurance Company Ltd. and Another
SC · 9 August 2024
[2024] 8 S.C.R. 287 : 2024 INSC 598
High Court, if justified in reducing the percentage of disability suffered by the pillion rider who met with an accident from 25% as fixed by the tribunal, to 20% while determining the compensation payable to him.
Pragjibhai Bhagvanbhai Kanzariya & Ors. vs Rajubhai Ramsingbhai Parmar & Ors.
Gujarat HC · 7 August 2024
These were a batch of First Appeals filed under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 by the original claimants, being aggrieved by a common judgment and award dated 31.07.2018 passed by the Motor Accident Claims T…
Meenakshi vs The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.
SC · 23 July 2024
[2024] 7 S.C.R. 1433 : 2024 INSC 573
Whether perquisites/allowances in the nature of house rent allowance, flexible benefit plan and company contribution to provident fund can be excluded from the basic salary of the deceased while applying the principle of…
Surajben Raysingbhai Parmar L.H. Of Decd. Raysingbhai Shankarbhai Parmar & Anr. vs Ramsangbhai Udesangbhai Parmar & Ors.
Gujarat HC · 23 July 2024
This First Appeal was preferred by the legal heirs of the deceased Raysangbhai Shankarbhai Parmar under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, challenging the judgment and award dated 27.06.2018 passed by the Motor…
Girijavva W/O Basavappa Totagi vs M/S. P B Ibrahim
Karnataka HC · 31 May 2024
These cross-appeals arose out of a motor accident that occurred on 07.05.2016, wherein deceased Basavappa Totagi, his wife Girijavva, and grandson Kumar Omkar were travelling on a Honda Activa scooter when a bulldozer dr…
New India Assurance Co. Ltd vs Kumar Omkar S/O Somanath Bashetti
Karnataka HC · 31 May 2024
These four cross-appeals arose out of a motor accident on 07.05.2016 at Channammanagar, Belagavi, in which a bulldozer bearing registration No. KA-22/Z-1530 driven in a rash and negligent manner dashed against a Honda Ac…

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