Supreme Court of India
Smt. Manjuri Bera v. The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. and Anr.
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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988; Ss. 140, 166 and 168/West Bengal Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989/Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; s 2(ii). Motor Vehicles accident-Death-Claim Petition-Legal representative not dependent on deceased-Entitlement to-Held: In case of vehicular accident, all/any of legal representatives of the deceased entitled to claim compensation-Any of them could file a claim petition-Liability in terms of s. 140 of the Act does not cease merely because of absence of dependency- Right to file claim has to be considered in the back ground of right to entitlement-Even if there is no loss of…
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Deep Shikha & Anr. v. National Insurance Company Ltd. & Ors.
- 2020 National Insurance Company Limited v. Birender and Ors.
- 2019 M/s. Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Ltd. v. Mandala Yadagari Goud & Ors.
- 2026 Reliance General Insurance Company Limited v. Priyanka Das
- 2026 Sameem Begum v. K. Venkat Swamy
- 2007 Mrs. Hafizun Begum v. Md. Ikram Heque & Ors.
Of those, 3 referred to · 3 mentioned
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