Rajendran And Anr. vs Selvaraj And Ors. on 8 June, 2000
In the said judgment Ratnam, J. as he then was held that the expression "damages to the property" as occurring in Section 110 (1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, would take in only the mandatory compensation to set right only the damage caused to the property in an accident involving the motor vehicle and nothing more and that it cannot be extended or expanded into damages under other heads. Mr. Narsimhan would also emphasise his contention by referring to the specific provisions under Section 165(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 [section 110 (1) of 1939 Act], dealing with the constitution of Claims Tribunal "for the purpose of adjudicating upon the claims for compensation in respect of accidents involving the death of, or bodily injury to, persons arising out of the use of motor vehicles, or damages to any property of a third party so arising, or both". Therefore, according to him, the Act did not visualise compensation of economic loss or revenue loss arising out of damage to the property.