Four special benches will start functioning in the Supreme Court from next week to hear criminal appeals, direct and indirect tax and land acquisition matters and motor accident claim cases, Chief......
In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court has held that a car driver, who applies sudden brakes on a highway without any warning, can be held negligent in the event of a road accident. Image......
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana high court which had accepted Aadhaar card for determining the age of a road accident victim to grant compensation. Image......
An insurance company is liable to pay compensation to the accident victim's kin even if the driving licence of the offending vehicle's driver has expired and not renewed, as an expired licence......
The Delhi Police has slapped murder charges against four of the accused in the Kanjhawala accident in which a woman was killed after being dragged by a car, officials said on Tuesday.......
In one of the highest ever compensations awarded in a motor accident case, a Delhi court has ordered an insurance company to cough up an astronomical Rs 14.17 crore (Rs 141.7 million) to the family......
The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in Thane has granted a compensation of Rs 715,000 to a widow, her three children, and aged father-in-law in an accident case where the victim was killed on his......
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to stay the compensation award of Rs 14.17 crore (Rs 141.7 million), one of the highest ever by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, to the family of a rich......
If the lawmakers periodically review old laws, the court's burden would be lighter, says M J Antony. The rate of road accidents in India is so high that the chances of getting run over by a motor......
The number of road accidents in India is three times higher than that prevailing in developed countries: 35 for 1,000 vehicles while the figure ranges from 4 to 10 in developed countries.......