Supreme Court of India
New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Vedwati and Ors.
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From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: )- -. c ss. 2(14), 2(35), 2(40) and 22(47)-"Goods carriage" -Tractor- Carrying a passenger-Accident-Death of passenger-Claim by dependents from Insurance Company-Held, provisions of the Act do not enjoin any statutory liability on the owner to get his vehicle ensured for any passenger • travelling in .a goods carriage, and insurer would have no liability therefor- Motor Vehicles Act, 1935-ss. 2(8), 2(55), 2(29) and 2(33). tractor carrying a passenger met with an accident and, as a result, the passenger died.
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Sunita v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
- 2012 Sanjeev Kumar Samrat v. National Insurance Co. Ltd. and Others
- 2008 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Prema Devi & Ors.
- 2008 The New India Insurance Company v. Darshana Devi and Ors
- 2007 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Cholleti Bharatamma and Ors.
Of those, 5 mentioned
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