Motor Accident Cases

Aadhaar is not conclusive proof of date of birth: Supreme Court
[Motor Accident cases] No bar on awarding compensation higher than the amount claimed by victim: Bombay High Court
MACT Bar Association moves Bombay High Court challenging Motor Vehicles Amendment Act
MACT cases: Supreme Court imposes costs on States which failed to file response on insuring State Corporation vehicles
[Motor Accident case] Bombay High Court enhances compensation for disabled businessman
No other way to compensate motor accident victim except by payment of just compensation: Supreme Court awards ₹50L to 5-yr-old
[Motor Accident cases] Insured vehicle's borrower not entitled to compensation: Gauhati High Court
Insurance company liable to pay claim even if vehicle stolen and unauthorisedly driven: Delhi High Court
28 lawyers accused in UP for fake motor accident claims: SIT to Supreme Court
MACT cases: Supreme Court orders insurance companies to develop common mobile app, issues directions to expedite payment of compensation
Injury while sharing drivers seat in auto rickshaw exonerates insurer of liability: Kerala High Court
Motor accident claimant with permanent disability not to be seen as modern day Oliver Twist: Supreme Court
[Motor Accident cases] Mother-in-law of deceased entitled to compensation as 'legal representative': Supreme Court
[Motor Accident compensation] Madras High Court takes steps to set up foolproof system in MACTs after Rs 1.5 crores embezzlement
MACT cannot reject accident claim petitions citing failure to implead owners or insurers of all vehicles involved in accident: Madras High Court
Enrollment as advocate just two days before accident does not exclude person from definition of 'dependent children' under UP Rules: Allahabad HC
[Overspeeding] Reconsider decision to raise speed limits, fit speed governors, recalibrate imported vehicles: Madras High Court
High time to re-think assumption that driver of the bigger vehicle is always responsible for motor accidents: Madras High Court
Value of services of any housewife is invaluable: MACT orders over Rs 10 lakh compensation for housewife's death in accident case
Housewife's role important, her services deserve appreciation: Bombay HC while ordering compensation for housewife's death in motor accident
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