M/S New India Assurance Co.Ltd vs Thiru Murugan on 5 January, 2017
Again pressing into service a judgment of the learned single Judge of this Court in Royal Sundaram Alliance General Insurance Co.Ltd., v. D.Gunasekaran and others, 2014 (2) TN MAC 79 to advance the argument that even under an 'Act policy', the insurance company is liable to pay the compensation to the owner of the goods or his representative, as per Section 147(1)(b) & (c) giving statutory protection to the insured in case of goods vehicle. Therefore, the contention that the insurer is liable only in respect of one passenger is also not tenable, he pleaded.