THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. vs MEENAKSHI AND ORS. — FAO/476/2023

Case under Motor Vehicles Act Section 173. Disposed: --DISPOSED OF on 14th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: PHHC011213912022

Filing Number

FAO/48670/2022

Filing Date

20-Oct-2022

Registration No

FAO/476/2023

Registration Date

23-Jan-2023

Judge

Mrs. Justice Sudeepti Sharma

Coram

Mrs. Justice Sudeepti Sharma

Bench Type

Single

Category

500.1 - NEW INDIA ASSURANCE ( 876 )

Sub-Category

( 944 )

Judicial Branch

CIVIL REVISION BRANCH-I

Decision Date

14-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

--DISPOSED OF

Last updated 01-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Motor Vehicles Act Section 173

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD.

    Adv. PUNIT JAIN

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.MEENAKSHI AND ORS.

  2. 2.HARSH

  3. 3.SHAMSHER

  4. 4.DEVENDER

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 14-May-2026

    Mrs. Justice Sudeepti SharmaView PDF

    Summary of FAO/476/2023 The High Court of Punjab and Haryana partly allowed New India Assurance's appeal against a motor accident tribunal's compensation award. While affirming the tribunal's finding that the offending vehicle's driver caused the fatal accident through rash and negligent driving, the court held the driver lacked a valid license on the accident date (expired February 2018, renewed November 2019, but accident occurred September 2019). Consequently, the insurance company must pay the compensation to the deceased's family but is entitled to recover the full awarded amount from the vehicle owner for breach of policy conditions. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 20-Oct-2022

    Case filed

    Registration No. FAO/476/2023

casestatus.in Summary

Summary of FAO/476/2023 The High Court of Punjab and Haryana partly allowed New India Assurance's appeal against a motor accident tribunal's compensation award. While affirming the tribunal's finding that the offending vehicle's driver caused the fatal accident through rash and negligent driving, the court held the driver lacked a valid license on the accident date (expired February 2018, renewed November 2019, but accident occurred September 2019). Consequently, the insurance company must pay the compensation to the deceased's family but is entitled to recover the full awarded amount from the vehicle owner for breach of policy conditions. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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