NDLI: U.p. State Road Transport Corporation Vs. Rajendri Devi & Ors.

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	Motor Vehicle Accident Claim under
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Judgement
Jurisdiction	India
Case(s) Referred	Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1
Case Type	Appeal
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Appeal Allowed
Headnote	Motor Vehicle Accident – Claim under – Victim was hit by a bus, consequent to which he died – The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal found that it was a result of rash and negligent driving by the driver of the bus, which was hired by the appellant-Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation under an agreement between it and the bus owner – The total quantification of compensation by MACT was of Rs. 1.65 lakhs along with 8% interest and only the appellant-Corporation was directed to pay this entire amount and not the insurance Company – The High Court followed the judgment of Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation v. Kailash Nath Kothari and held that the appellant alone is vicariously liable to pay the victim’s family the amount of compensation that was ordered – On appeal, held: The judgment Kailash Nath Kothari is distinguishable since in that case the Insurance Company’s liability was limited only to Rs. 75,000/- which was paid, the Insurance Company would, on the facts of that case, not liable to pay anything more and on this count, the amount payable beyond Rs. 75,000/- was mulcted on to the Corporation – In a subsequent Supreme court judgment Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation v. Kulsum and Ors. also distinguished Kailash Nath Kothari Case and held the insurance company was liable – In the said case, it was held that once the vehicle is insured, the owner as well as any other person, can use the vehicle with the consent of the owner – s. 146 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 does not provide that any person who uses the vehicle independently, a separate insurance policy should be taken – The purpose of compulsory insurance in the Act has been enacted with an object to advance social justice – In the instant case, the law down in Kulsum’s Case squarely applies – Besides, the clause 10 under the agreement between the Corporation and bus owner, regarding ‘The Second Party (Bus Owner) shall have full responsibility for any fault, negligence, accident, or other illegal acts of the driver....in case any payment is made by the First Party (Corporation) in compliance of any order of any Court etc., the First Party shall be authorised to recover the same from the Second Party ‘ is between Corporation and the Bus owner, it does not bind anybody who is not privy to the agreement, least of all, the victim – Therefore, the sum awarded by the MACT, now only be payable by the Insurance Company with interest.
Judge	Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.F. Nariman
Neutral Citation	2020 INSC 417
Petitioner	U.p. State Road Transport Corporation
Respondent	Rajendri Devi & Ors.
SCR	[2020] 4 S.C.R. 199
Judgement Date	2020-06-08
Case Number	2526

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