Reliane General Insurance Co. Ltd., M/s.K.R.Shivashankari, A.MUTHUSUMINA vs T. Nallammal — CMA(MD)/140/2023

Case under U/s 173 of Motor Vehicle Act Section 1665. Disposed: Contested--PARTLY ALLOWED on 01st June 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: HCMD010966942022

Filing Number

CMA(MD)/62093/2022

Filing Date

30-Sep-2022

Registration No

CMA(MD)/140/2023

Registration Date

06-Feb-2023

Judge

Honourable Mr Justice N. Anand Venkatesh , Honourable Mr Justice K.K. Ramakrishnan

Coram

Honourable Mr Justice N. Anand Venkatesh , Honourable Mr Justice K.K. Ramakrishnan

Bench Type

Division Bench

Category

CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL ( 167 )

Sub-Category

S. 173 of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal Act ( 10 )

Judicial Branch

Judicial Section

Decision Date

01-Jun-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--PARTLY ALLOWED

Last updated 02-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

U/s 173 of Motor Vehicle Act Section 1665

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.Reliane General Insurance Co. Ltd., M/s.K.R.Shivashankari, A.MUTHUSUMINA

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.T. Nallammal

    Adv. -------------,R4 - M.MARIAPPAN,(NOTICE RECEIVED BY SOME OTHER PERSON),RR1 TO 3 - TAPAL RETURNED WITH AN ENDORSEMENT - UNCLAIMED,PVT. NOTICE ,---------,PROOF NOT FILED 1123

  2. 2.T.PERINBAM

  3. 3.T.ENBARANI,

  4. 4.M.MARIAPPAN

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 01-Jun-2026

    Honourable Mr Justice N. Anand VENKATESH,Honourable Mr Justice K.K. RamakrishnanView PDF

    Summary of CMA(MD)/140/2023 The Madras High Court dismissed Reliance General Insurance's appeals challenging motor accident compensation awards totaling over ₹1.2 crore. The court upheld the insurance company's liability despite the vehicle carrying ~35 passengers against its 13+1 policy limit, ruling overloading alone doesn't breach fundamental policy conditions and doesn't absolve insurers of liability to covered passengers. However, the court reduced excessive conventional head awards (loss of consortium and estate) in two cases to align with Supreme Court precedent. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 24-Jul-2024

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    Honourable Mr Justice N. Seshasayee , Honourable Mr Justice P.vadamalai

  4. 10-Feb-2023

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  5. 30-Sep-2022

    Case filed

    Registration No. CMA(MD)/140/2023

casestatus.in Summary

Summary of CMA(MD)/140/2023 The Madras High Court dismissed Reliance General Insurance's appeals challenging motor accident compensation awards totaling over ₹1.2 crore. The court upheld the insurance company's liability despite the vehicle carrying ~35 passengers against its 13+1 policy limit, ruling overloading alone doesn't breach fundamental policy conditions and doesn't absolve insurers of liability to covered passengers. However, the court reduced excessive conventional head awards (loss of consortium and estate) in two cases to align with Supreme Court precedent. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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