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National Insurance Co vs Prembai Patel And Others on 18 April, 2005
This Court after examining the facts and circumstances
notices that even in Prembai Patel's case (1 supra), the
Supreme Court has stated that a person who is injured has
an option of filing an application under the Motor Vehicles
Act, 1988 (for short 'the Act') or under the Workmen's
Compensation Act. The Supreme Court in paragraph 6 has
clearly held that in a petition under the Workmen's
Compensation Act, the injured or the legal heirs of the
deceased workmen do not have to establish negligence as a
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2005 ACJ 1323
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pre-condition for award of compensation. But in a claim
petition before the Motor Accidents Claim Tribunal,
negligence becomes an issue. The injured or the legal
representatives of the deceased have to establish by
preponderance of evidence that there was no negligence on
the part of the deceased in a motor accident claim.
Union Of India (Uoi) vs Prabhakaran Vijaya Kumar And Ors. on 5 May, 2008
This
Court also notices judgment in Union of India (UOI) vs.
Prabhakaran Vijaya Kumar and Others2, wherein the
hon'ble Supreme Court held as follows:
The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
Section 3 in The Employee's Compensation Act, 1923 [Entire Act]
United India Insurance Co. Ltd., ... vs Mattedu Manikyam And Others on 12 November, 1999
In addition, this Court also notices the judgment of the
learned single Judge of this Court in United India Insurance
Company Ltd., Warangal v. Mattedu Manikyam and
others3, wherein the single Judge noticed that a collie was
travelling in a tractor and trailor on the mudguard of a
tractor. The learned single Judge held that the mere fact that
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2008 (9) SCC 527
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2000 (1) ALD 572
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the deceased was travelling on the mudguard of a vehicle
does not lead to a conclusion that there is a breach of the
policy conditions.
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