Supreme Court of India
Shamanna and Another v. The Divisional Manager the Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In the result, the impugned judgment of the High Court insofar as enhancement of the compensation to Rs.4,94,700/- is affirmed.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Compensation: Motor Vehicles Accident – Third party risk – Liability of insurer – Son of appellants/claimants was travelling in a Jeep which was driven in a negligent manner due to which he sustained injuries and died in the hospital – Claim petition – Tribunal directed the insurance company to pay the compensation to claimants and granted liberty to the insurance company to recover the same from the owner of the offending vehicle – Tribunal awarded compensation of Rs.3,55,500/-– High Court set aside the award passed by the Tribunal and held that only the owner of the offending vehicle was…
Authorities it was built on
- 2004 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Swaran Singh and Ors.
- 2007 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Laxmi Narain Dhut
- 2007 Oriental Insurance Co.lid. v. Brij Mohan and Ors.
- 2009 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Parvathneni & Anr.
- 2004 Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Shri Nanjappan and Ors.
- 2008 Premkumari and Ors. v. Prahlad Dev and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2019 Parminder Singh v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.
- 2025 Rama Bai v. M/s Amit Minerals through Incharge Officer/competent Officer & Anrs.
- 2025 K. Nagendra v. The New India Insurance Co. Ltd.
- 2025 Amudhavalli v. Hdfc Ergo General Insurance Co. Ltd.
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 2 mentioned
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