Supreme Court of India · 2017-02-09
M/S. PUROHIT AND COMPANY vs KHATOONBEE AND ANR .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2015/28123
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- M/S. PUROHIT AND COMPANY
- Respondent
- KHATOONBEE AND ANR .
- Author
- Jagdish Singh Khehar
- Bench
- JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR,N.V. RAMANA,D.Y. CHANDRACHUD
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision that there is no prescribed period of limitation for filing a claim under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, allowing a claim petition filed 28 years post-accident. The Court clarified that while Section 110-A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 provided a limitation period, the 1988 Act does not impose such a restriction. Consequently, the claim was deemed justiciable despite the delay, affirming the High Court's ruling.