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September 19, 2025 4:51 am

Accident—Compensation—Multiplier—The multiplier specified in the Second Schedule should be altered only if strong circumstances exist.

May 7, 2017 sclaw

2007(4) LAW HERALD (SC) 2669 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harjit Singh Bedi Civil Appeal No. 3988…

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Accident—Overloaded Bus—Compensation—Liability of insurance company limited only to number of passengers authorized to be carried.

May 5, 2017 sclaw

2007(3) LAW HERALD (SC) 2588 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K.Mathur The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.K. Balasubramaniyan Civil Appeal Nos. 2422-2459 of 2001…

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.166–Accident–Just Compensation- If overall award of compensation is just and fair, then, such award deserves to be upheld in claimants’ favour.

May 1, 2017 sclaw

2017(1) Law Herald (P&H) 632 (SC) : 2017 LawHerald.Org 589 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice J. Chelameswar The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre…

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Accident—Proof of rashness and negligence on the part of the driver of the vehicle, is sine qua non for maintaining an application under Section 166 of the M.V. Act. Document—Admissibly of—Once a part of the contents of the document is admitted in evidence, the party bringing the same on record cannot be permitted to turn round and contend that the other contents contained in the rest part thereof had not been proved.

Apr 30, 2017 sclaw

2007(3) LAW HERALD (SC) 2513 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Markandey Katju Civil Appeal No. 2526 of…

Accident

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of this case, the High Court ought not to have taken a strict view of the matter because the delay was not deliberate and there was nothing on the record to show that the appellant had acquiesced in the matter

Apr 27, 2017 sclaw

(1998) 8 SCC 698 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA MANICKRAM — Appellant Vs. BALUKHAN — Respondent ( Before : A. M. Ahmadii, C.J; Sujata V. Manohar, J; B. N. Kirpal,…

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Accident–Compensation—A legal representative is one who suffers on account of death of a person due to a motor vehicle accident and need not necessarily be a wife, husband, parent and child.

Apr 24, 2017 sclaw

2007(3) LAW HERALD (SC) 2314 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice D.K. Jain Civil Appeal No. 3216 of…

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Accident–Furnishing of Copies of reports to claims tribunal and insurer—It is the statutory duty of the concerned police officers forward to Claims Tribunal having jurisdiction about the death or bodily injury any person so recorded in the police station.

Apr 22, 2017 sclaw

2007(3) LAW HERALD (SC) 2222 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.P. Naolekar Writ Petition (Civil) 282 of…

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Accident—Compensation—The multiplier to be adopted is to be determined on the age of the claimants and not on the age of the deceased.

Apr 22, 2017 sclaw

2007(3) LAW HERALD (SC) 2214 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.K. Balasubramaniyan The Hon’ble Mr. Justice D.K.…

Accident

Accident—Compensation—Entitlement to—Legal Representative— Even if there is no loss of dependency the claimant if he or she is a legal representative will be entitled to compensation, the quantum of which shall be not less than the liability flowing from Section 140 of the Act.

Apr 10, 2017 sclaw

2007(2) LAW HERALD (SC) 1345 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Dr. Justice Arijit Pasayat Civil Appeal No. 1702 of 2007 Smt. Manjuri Bera v. The Oriental…

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Accident—Car owned by a company, given to its manager for use—Manager died in accident—Insurance company not liable. Accident–Where a person is not a third party within the meaning of the Act, the insurance company cannot be made automatically liable.

Apr 9, 2017 sclaw

2007(2) LAW HERALD (SC) 1309 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice C.K. Thakker The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.K. Balasubramanyan Civil Appeal No. 5825 of 2006…

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Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 223(d) — Persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction may be charged and tried together — Legislative intent is to prevent multiplicity of proceedings, avoid conflicting judgments, and promote judicial economy while ensuring fairness — Segregation without legally recognized grounds like distinct facts, severable evidence, or demonstrated prejudice, is impermissible.

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Anticipatory Bail

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 463, 465, 467, 468, 471, 474 read with Section 34 — Offences relating to cheating and forgery — Anticipatory bail — Rejection challenged — Appellants, public servants at the time, accused of certifying mutation entries based on forged documents — High Court rejected anticipatory bail — Supreme Court affirmed the High Court’s decision

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Constitution

Waqf Act, 1995 (as amended) — Challenge to constitutional validity of amendments — Petitioners contended that amendments are ultra vires the Constitution, violating fundamental rights including Articles 14, 15, 19, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30 and 300A. Respondents argued for legislative competence and presumption of validity of enactments. Court emphasized that statutes should only be declared unconstitutional if there is a clear, glaring, and undeniable violation of constitutional principles or fundamental rights, or if manifestly arbitrary, and that courts must strive to uphold legislative validity.

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Consumer

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 25 — Enforcement of orders — Pre-2002 amendment and post-2019 Act, all orders could be enforced as decrees. The period between 15.03.2003 to 20.07.2020 saw an anomaly where only interim orders (and monetary recovery) were clearly enforceable under Section 25, leaving final non-monetary orders in a gap. Interpretation of Statutes — Casus omissus — Court can fill gaps in legislation using interpretative tools like purposive construction when literal interpretation leads to absurdity or defeats the object of the Act, especially for remedial legislation like the Consumer Act.

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