Motor Accident Claim -- Standard of Proof -- Minor discrepancies in evidence cannot defeat welfare claim decided on preponderance of probability
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.163A -- Motor Accident Claim -- Standard of Proof -- Motor accident claim proceedings must be decided on the standard of preponderance of probability and not proof beyond reasonable doubt -- Under S.163A, negligence need not be proved; it is sufficient that the injury is reasonably connected to the motor vehicle in question -- Minor documentary discrepancies, delay in lodging FIR due to hospitalisation, isolated errors in recollecting vehicle registration numbers, and absence of independent eyewitnesses cannot defeat a welfare claim where cumulative evidence establishes the accident -- Courts must take a holistic rather than hyper-technical view of evidence in such proceedings.
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