Sugandha Vasanta Vaidya vs HDFC ERGO Gen. Ins. Co. Ltd. Advocate - Hitesh N. Verma — 350/2023

Case under Motor Vehicles Act Section 166. Disposed: Contested--PARTLY ALLOWED on 09th April 2026.

Case disposed

M.A.C.P.

CNR: MHNG010012862023

Filing Number

924/2023

Filing Date

23-Jan-2023

Registration No

350/2023

Registration Date

10-Apr-2023

Court

District and Session Court , Nagpur

Judge

36-M.A.C.T. Court No.4

Decision Date

09-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--PARTLY ALLOWED

Last updated 12-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Motor Vehicles Act Section 166

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Sugandha Vasanta Vaidya

    Adv. P. S. Mirache

  2. 2.Hemraj Vasanta Vaidya

  3. 3.Sandip Vasanta Vaidya

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.HDFC ERGO Gen. Ins. Co. Ltd. Advocate - Hitesh N. Verma

  2. 2.Sanjay Ghanshyamji Malghade

    Adv. A.S.Suryawanshi

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 09-Apr-2026

    Copy of JudgmentView PDF

    Summary The Motor Accident Claim Tribunal, Nagpur awarded Rs. 10,21,500 to the claimants (widow and two adult sons of the deceased) for the death of Vasanta Vaidya in a tanker accident on 17/01/2023. Though HDFC ERGO Insurance Company contested the claim alleging the insurance policy was fraudulently obtained for a motorcycle instead of the tanker, the tribunal held the company liable, reasoning that it cannot escape liability by merely showing the owner's misrepresentation—the company received the premium and issued the policy mentioning the vehicle's correct registration number. The tribunal found the tanker driver negligent and ordered both the insurance company and vehicle owner to jointly pay compensation with 7.5% annual interest. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 09-Apr-2026

    Disposed

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  4. 07-Apr-2026

    Judgment

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  5. 01-Apr-2026

    Arguments

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  6. 24-Mar-2026

    EvidenceView PDF

  7. 24-Mar-2026

    Arguments

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  8. 10-Mar-2026

    Arguments

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  9. 24-Feb-2026

    Defence Evidence

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  10. 10-Feb-2026

    Defence Evidence

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  11. 27-Jan-2026

    EvidenceView PDF

  12. 27-Jan-2026

    Defence Evidence

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  13. 12-Jan-2026

    Defence Evidence

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  14. 06-Jan-2026

    Defence Evidence

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  15. 23-Dec-2025

    Defence Evidence

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  16. 03-Dec-2025

    Defence Evidence

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  17. 25-Nov-2025

    Defence Evidence

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  18. 18-Nov-2025

    Defence Evidence

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  19. 14-Nov-2025

    Evidence Part Heard

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  20. 06-Nov-2025

    Evidence Part Heard

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  21. 07-Oct-2025

    Evidence Part Heard

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  22. 15-Sep-2025

    Evidence Part Heard

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  23. 05-Aug-2025

    EvidenceView PDF

  24. 05-Aug-2025

    Evidence Part Heard

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  25. 15-Jul-2025

    Evidence

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  26. 11-Jun-2025

    Filing of Affidavit

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  27. 05-Mar-2025

    Issues

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  28. 02-Jan-2025

    Issues

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  29. 04-Oct-2024

    Issues

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  30. 10-Jul-2024

    Issues

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  31. 05-Apr-2024

    Written Statement

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  32. 21-Feb-2024

    Written Statement

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  33. 04-Jan-2024

    Written Statement

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  34. 21-Nov-2023

    Written Statement

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  35. 04-Sep-2023

    Documents

    M.A.C.T. Court No.4

  36. 11-Jul-2023

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  37. 23-Jan-2023

    Case filed

    Registration No. 350/2023

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Motor Accident Claim Tribunal, Nagpur awarded Rs. 10,21,500 to the claimants (widow and two adult sons of the deceased) for the death of Vasanta Vaidya in a tanker accident on 17/01/2023. Though HDFC ERGO Insurance Company contested the claim alleging the insurance policy was fraudulently obtained for a motorcycle instead of the tanker, the tribunal held the company liable, reasoning that it cannot escape liability by merely showing the owner's misrepresentation—the company received the premium and issued the policy mentioning the vehicle's correct registration number. The tribunal found the tanker driver negligent and ordered both the insurance company and vehicle owner to jointly pay compensation with 7.5% annual interest. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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