The New India Assurance Cop Ltd vs Smt. Mani on 21 August, 2008
The earlier ratio laid
down by the Apex Court in case of New India Assurance Co. Ltd.
v. Satpal Singh (supra) was tested in case of New India Assurance
Co. Ltd. v. Asha Rani as referred to above, and the judgment in
Satpal Singh's case was doubted, and it was held that in view of
the amendment of 1994 it would only cover a third party as also
the owner of goods or his authorised representative and not any
passenger carried in goods vehicle, whether for hire or reward or
otherwise.