Gulab Singh - Appellant Versus Shamsher Singh & ors. - Respondent

Core ratio / Key holding

Headnote

MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988 - S.173 - Compensation Claim - Injury - Evidence

Issues for determination

• Whether the Tribunal committed illegality in rejecting the claim petition for compensation in the absence of evidence of injury?

Ratio decidendi

• A claim petition for compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, is liable to be dismissed if the claimant fails to establish through evidence that they sustained injuries in the accident.

Important points

• Held: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal was justified in dismissing the claim petition where no evidence was produced to establish that the claimant sustained injuries in the accident.

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