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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
Shivraj vs Rajendra & Anr.
SC · 5 September 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 649 : 2018 INSC 781
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.166 – Compensation – Appellant was travelling in a tractor when the driver of the tractor driving in a rash and negligent manner dashed the tractor against a big mud stone, consequent to whic…
National Insurance Co. Ltd. vs Ashalata Bhowmik and Ors.
SC · 31 August 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 871 : 2018 INSC 776
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.166 – Fatal accident – Victim while driving his vehicle met with an accident and died – Claim petition u/s.166 – Tribunal granted compensation of Rs.10,57,800/- – High Court upheld the compen…
Anil Kumar vs Branch Manager, National Insurance Company Ltd. & Anr.
SC · 31 August 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 876 : 2018 INSC 775
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s. 173 – Compensation – Claimed – Motor accident – Causing partial and permanent disability – To 25 years old unmarried person – Tribunal awarded Rs. 3,43,000/- towards compensation – High Court…
Anant Son of Sidheshwar Dukre vs Pratap Son of Zhamnnappa Lamzane & Another
SC · 21 August 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 11 : 2018 INSC 738
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Motor accident – Leading to permanent disability to the extent of 75% – Claim for compensation – Tribunal granted Rs.7,00,000/- as a lump-sum compensation with interest @ 7% per annum – In first…
Ram Chandra Singh vs Rajaram and Ors.
SC · 14 August 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 1083 : 2018 INSC 700
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Fatal Accident – Claim for compensation – Tribunal awarded compensation, but absolving the insurer on the ground that driver of the offending vehicle did not possess valid licence – Liability to…
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…
Amrit Paul Singh & Anr. vs Tata Aig General Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.
SC · 17 May 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 838 : 2018 INSC 531
AMRIT PAUL SINGH & ANR. v. TATA AIG GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. & ORS. (Civil Appeal No.2253 of 2018) MAY 17, 2018 [DIPAK MISRA, CJI AND A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.] Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – s.166 – Fatal accident – Truck of ap…
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…
Union of India vs Rina Devi
SC · 9 May 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 417 : 2018 INSC 469
Railways Act, 1989: Railway accident claim – Compensation – Quantum of – As per the rate of compensation as on the date of application/incident or on the date of order awarding compensation – Held: Compensation would be…
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…
Jagdish Kumar Sood vs United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Ors.
SC · 6 March 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 17 : 2018 INSC 209
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (as amended vide Amendment Act 54 of 1994 w.e.f. 14.11.1994 and further amendment w.e.f. 28/3/2001) – s.2(21) r/w ss. 2(15), 2(48) and 10(2)(d) – Death due to motor accident – Tribunal awarded co…
Singh Ram vs Nirmala and Ors.
SC · 6 March 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 36 : 2018 INSC 206
SINGH RAM v. NIRMALA AND ORS. (Civil Appeal No. 2103 of 2018) MARCH 06, 2018 [DIPAK MISRA, CJI, A. M. KHANWILKAR AND DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, JJ.] Motor Vehicles Act 1988 – s. 166 – Compensation – Liability to pay when lice…
Icici Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. vs Ajay Kumar Mohanty & Anr.
SC · 6 March 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 42 : 2018 INSC 207
ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. v. AJAY KUMAR MOHANTY & ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 7181 of 2015) MARCH 06, 2018 [DIPAK MISRA, CJI, A. M. KHANWILKAR AND DR. D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, JJ.] Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s. 166 –…
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…
Munusamy & Ors. vs The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Villupuram) Ltd.
SC · 9 February 2018
[2018] 2 S.C.R. 629 : 2018 INSC 127
Motor Vehicles – Motor Accident Claim – Compensation – Computation of – Claim for enhancement – Deceased, around 21 years of age, was riding a motorcycle along with his friend when they collided with a bus belonging to r…
State of Madhya Pradesh through Principal Secretary & Anr. vs Mahendra Gupta & Ors.
SC · 8 February 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 443 : 2018 INSC 122
Madhya Pradesh Motor Vehicles Rules, 1994 – rr.63, 65 – Legality of the order by State Transport Authority – On facts, State Transport Authority allowed the application for modification of time schedule for movement of t…
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…

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