01 Aug 2026 11:57 AM
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Motor Accident Claim -- Involvement of Vehicle in Chain of Events -- Not sufficient by itself to fix liability on owner

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.166 -- Motor Accident Claim -- Involvement of Vehicle in Chain of Events -- Liability of owner or insurer to compensate arises only where a clear proximate relationship is shown between use of the vehicle and death of the victim. Mere presence of a vehicle somewhere in the sequence of events leading to death, without proof of a causal link, does not attract liability under the Act.

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