Insurance Companies Don't Have To Pay Compensation To Families of Individuals Who Died Due To Rash and Reckless Driving
Insurance companies are not liable to pay compensation to families of individuals who die as a result of their own rash and reckless driving, the supreme court has said.. The wife, son, and parents of a man who died while operating a vehicle at a high speed requested Rs 80 lakh in compensation, but a bench of Justices PS narasimha and R mahadevan denied their request.
"We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment passed by the high court," the Bench stated on Wednesday, refusing to intervene in the karnataka High Court's november 23, 2024, order dismissing the appeal brought by the deceased's rightful heirs seeking compensation. The Special Leave Petition is therefore denied.
On june 18, 2014, NS Ravisha was involved in an accident while he was driving his vehicle from Mallasandra village to Arasikere town. The car also contained his sister, father, and her kids. The court came to the conclusion that Ravisha lost control of the car and drove it carelessly, breaking traffic laws, which caused the collision. Ravisha died as a result of the accident.
The supreme court had ruled that because "the accident occurred due to the rash and negligent driving of the deceased himself and he being self-torfeasor, the legal heirs cannot claim any compensation for his death, otherwise it would amount to a person who committed breach getting the compensation for his own wrongs."
"We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment passed by the high court," the Bench stated on Wednesday, refusing to intervene in the karnataka High Court's november 23, 2024, order dismissing the appeal brought by the deceased's rightful heirs seeking compensation. The Special Leave Petition is therefore denied.
On june 18, 2014, NS Ravisha was involved in an accident while he was driving his vehicle from Mallasandra village to Arasikere town. The car also contained his sister, father, and her kids. The court came to the conclusion that Ravisha lost control of the car and drove it carelessly, breaking traffic laws, which caused the collision. Ravisha died as a result of the accident.
The supreme court had ruled that because "the accident occurred due to the rash and negligent driving of the deceased himself and he being self-torfeasor, the legal heirs cannot claim any compensation for his death, otherwise it would amount to a person who committed breach getting the compensation for his own wrongs."