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Insurers not liable for accident compensation if driver's licence was invalid: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court ruled insurance companies are not liable for accidents with unlicensed drivers. Driving without a valid license can lead ...- In 1978, a New York mother discovered her son's school stood beside a toxic-waste dump; her campaign evacuated about 950 families and helped create SuperfundA mother's fight for her son's health exposed a toxic chemical dump in Niagara Falls. This crisis led to the evacuation of hundreds of fami...
- Motor insurance: Consider issuing circular standardising cross-border coverage clauses, SC to IRDAIThe Supreme Court on Monday asked IRDAI to consider issuing a master circular to standardise cross-border coverage clauses in motor insuran...
- 4-year-old dies in car accident, tribunal asks driver and owner to pay Rs 40.37 lakh compensation citing 'res ipsa loquitur'. Here's what it meansA Delhi tribunal awarded over Rs 40 lakh compensation to parents. The child died after being hit by a speeding car in 2020. The tribunal ap...
- Aadhaar alone can't determine victim's age in accident claims: Chhattisgarh HCChhattisgarh High Court ruled insurers are not liable before policy issuance. The court found the tribunal wrongly used Aadhaar for age det...
- Maruti dealer kept accident-hit car for nearly 10 years, consumer panel orders it to pay nearly Rs 1 lakh compensationA customer's car remained at a dealership for ten years after an accident. The consumer commission dismissed the dealer's appeal and upheld...
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- Break traffic rules too often? You may have to take driving test all over againFrequent traffic offenders will soon face mandatory re-tests to renew their driving licences as part of significant amendments to the Motor...
- Son dies in accident while driving father's car; Delhi High Court says insurance can't be claimed. Here's whyThe Delhi High Court ruled that families of drivers dying in borrowed vehicles cannot claim personal accident cover from the owner's insure...
- Delhi HC raises payout to Rs 1 crore, Rs 84 lakh for kin of two IIT-JEE rankers killed in 2017 crashDelhi High Court significantly boosted compensation for families of two engineering students lost in a 2017 road accident. Recognizing thei...
- Man dies in motor accident, family seeks Rs 2.25 crore in damages: Here's why SC fixes ‘fair’ compensation based on his ITR, sets a precedentManoranjan Pandey, who lost his life in the tragic accident in 2018, was the sole breadwinner of his family, according to the 2019 appeal f...
- SC lays down guidelines on computation of income of motor accident victimsThe Supreme Court has established new guidelines for determining motor accident compensation based on Income Tax Returns. For salaried indi...
- Right to walk, but where? Supreme Court ruling shines light on Delhi's footpathsDelhi's Supreme Court ruling declares walking on footpaths a fundamental right, yet citizens face daily struggles with damaged, missing, or...
- How a Gujarat car owner claimed Rs 1.25 lakh insurance without any proof of accident?A Surat car owner received Rs 1.25 lakh from ICICI Lombard after a consumer commission ruled the undisputed car damage warranted compensati...
- Right to walk on demarcated footpath is fundamental right: SCThe Supreme Court has declared the right to walk on footpaths a fundamental right. This right takes precedence over motorised vehicles. The...
- Steering wheel malfunction in new car leads to accident during family trip; owner fights and wins Rs 18.23 lakh refund, Rs 4 lakh compensation in consumer forumA car buyer has won a significant victory after a nearly three-year legal battle. His seven-month-old MG CVT automatic car experienced Elec...
- SC's ₹30,000 homemaker benchmark may lift accident compensation payoutsA Supreme Court ruling has assigned a notional monthly value of ₹30,000 to unpaid household work. This decision is expected to significantl...
- MG Motor ordered to refund Rs 18,23,228 SUV cost plus Rs 4 lakh compensation after Delhi man alleged steering & tyre faults during Uttarakhand tripMG Motor ordered to refund: A Delhi consumer court ordered MG Motor India to refund over Rs 18 lakh for an MG ZS Astor, citing failure to a...
- SC sets Rs 30,000 monthly income for housewives, calls them 'nation builders'The Supreme Court has declared homemakers as nation builders. Their domestic care work will now be recognized as a separate category for co...
- SC says 'homemakers are nation builders'The Supreme Court has recognized the invaluable contribution of housewives. Loss of a wife's domestic care will now be a separate compensat...
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