Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd vs Rajni Devi & Ors on 22 April, 2008
(2009) 13 SCC 710 and Oriental Insurance Company Limited vs.
Rajni Devi and Others, (2008) 5 SCC 736 held that in facts similar to the
present one that the deceased would step into the shoes of the owner and
hence a compensation petition would not lie under section 163A of the
M.V.Act by the claimants. The said judgment would be applicable to the
facts of the present case.