February 2018

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

By | February 25th, 2018|Negligence|

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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

By | February 25th, 2018|Negligence|

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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

By | February 11th, 2018|Negligence|

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January 2018

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.

By | January 31st, 2018|Negligence|

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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.

By | January 30th, 2018|Negligence|

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November 2017

Accident—Negligence always does not mean absolute carelessness but want of such a degree of care as is required in particular circumstances.

By | November 9th, 2017|Negligence|

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October 2017

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.

By | October 7th, 2017|Negligence|

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May 2017

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

By | May 13th, 2017|Negligence|

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April 2017

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.

By | April 6th, 2017|Negligence|

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