Comments Off on Mere registration of the FIR and filing of the challan by the police in the criminal case does not establish the negligence of the any of the driver and the same cannot be said to be conclusive- -Tribunal is required to act upon the evidence adduced before it
Comments Off on Vehicle dashed into stationary vehicle-Offending truck was parked in the first lane on GT Road without using any indicator or reflector—Driver of vehicle tried his best to avoid the accident, but dashed into the offending vehicle from back vide-Not a case of composite negligence—Only offending vehicle liable
Comments Off on Tribunal has committed grave error while concluding that “the trolley was not a small thing which was not visible from a quite sufficient distance”, as such, negligence was of the driver of Maruti Van who hit stationary trolley–The finding of Tribunal to this effect is perverse and is set aside–The accident was caused due to negligent act of driver of the offending vehicle
Comments Off on Accident—Tort Feasors— Where a tort feasor himself was claimant then his share as tort feasors has to be deducted from total compensation payable; otherwise it would amount to undue enrichment for him.
Comments Off on Accident—Negligence—Motorcycle on which the deceased was riding had four persons sitting on it—This in itself cannot give rise to an inflexible presumption that it must be a contributory cause for every accident.
Comments Off on Accident—Negligence always does not mean absolute carelessness but want of such a degree of care as is required in particular circumstances.
Comments Off on Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.166–Accident–Negligence–Sitting capacity of vehicle- -The deceased was driving with three children on the pillion who were in the age group of 12—The motorcycle is designed to ride two persons but that by itself would not be a ground to hold the driver guilty of contributory negligence.
Comments Off on Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.166–Accident–Negligence–Van dashed into stationary truck-The accident had taken place at 6:30 a.m. in the month of August and there was enough light-From record it appears that the driver of van was driving at a high speed and could not stop the vehicle in time
Comments Off on Accident—Negligence—Deceased had entered the road from the field/link road—Case held to be of contributory negligence with major liability testing resting on deceased—Liability apportioned at 70:30.
Comments Off on Accident—Passenger alighting from slow moving bus at entry of bus stand got crushed due to sudden gaining of speed—Driver held negligent upto 50%.
Comments Off on Negligence—Damage to crops was result of negligence of authorities by not taking adequate steps for heavy monsoon rains—Therefore, cannot be termed as act of God.