Penalty for violation of safety measures for motor cycle drivers and pillion riders. - Whoever drives a motor cycle or causes or allows a motor cycle
injuries suffered by the
deceased Rajinder Singh who was a pillion rider, as the insurance
policy was a statutory policy, and hence ... death of the owner of vehicle or the pillion-rider; (iii)
the pillion-rider in a two-wheeler was not to be treated
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
128. Safety measures for drivers and pillion riders. - (1) No driver of a two-wheeled motor cycle shall carry more than ... safety measures for the drivers of two-wheeled motor cycles and pillion riders thereon. [129. Wearing of protective headgear. - Every person, above four years
pillion rider of a motor cycle. The
vehicle was insured with the appellant.
2.It was contended that the pillion rider
would not come within ... death of
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the owner of vehicle or the pillion rider; (iii) the pillion rider in a two
wheeler was not to be treated
State Of Maharashtra Vs. Respondent: ... vs Sukhdev Singh Alias Sukha And Others on 15 July
could not
identify the age of the pillion rider, Rajulal Khateek. Second,
the said pillion rider himself, Rajulal Khateek, who was the
“best” witness ... pillion rider. The inability of the witness to identify the age
of the pillion rider cannot, per se, be a militating factor to
discard
authors on considering the large scale use of two wheelers with pillion riders and carriage of gratuitous occupants in private car have given their opinion ... authors also observed as follows:
The liability of insurer to a pillion rider and a gratuitous occupant would depend upon the cover granted by insurer
risk of a pillion rider in a two-wheeler. If there was no liability towards the pillion rider in the policy issued ... pillion rider of the Motor Cycle or that the insurer was not liable to answer the claim of the pillion rider in the event
motor cycle is meant for two persons viz., the rider and a pillion rider, the travelling of three persons is not only illegal but also ... other two wheelers are meant only for two persons, the rider and a pillion rider. If more than two persons are travelling in a motor
accused along with pillion rider also fell
from the vehicle, as a result of which, master Rakesh and the pillion
rider also sustained grievous injuries ... well as pillion rider Rajinder Kumar to the hospital. Once PW4 had
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taken the victim as well as pillion rider to the hospital immediately after