VIJAYAKUMAR BHAVANIRAO KULKARNI vs KHADARABI . — C.A. No. 5162 - 5163/2001

Case under Section XII-B. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010177612000

Filing Date

18-Oct-2000

Registration No

C.A. No. 5162 - 5163/2001

Diary Number

17761/2000

Order Date

07-Aug-2001

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 10-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section XII-B

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.VIJAYAKUMAR BHAVANIRAO KULKARNI

    Adv. P. R. RAMASESH

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.KHADARABI .

    Adv. ARUN K. SINHA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 07-Aug-2001

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 20-Nov-2000

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  4. 18-Oct-2000

    Case filed

    Registration No. C.A. No. 5162 - 5163/2001

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casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: C.A. No. 005162-005163/2001 The Supreme Court allowed Vijayakumar Bhavanirao Kulkarni's appeal, holding that the High Court wrongly rejected the insurance company's liability based on the "gratuitous passenger" doctrine. The Court found that the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 applied to the accident (13 July 1996), making the earlier Mallawwa precedent inapplicable. The Court directed the insurance company to reimburse the vehicle owner's compensation deposit within eight weeks, with no costs awarded. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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