Motor accidents: fault and no-fault liability, remedies, accident claims and settlement
LUG-101 Law of Torts including Motor Vehicle Accident and Consumer Protection Act, Unit V: Provisions relating to motor accidents, accident claims and settlement. · LLB · 60 min
How the law of negligence and the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 together compensate road accident victims: fault liability under s. 166, the old no-fault provisions (s. 140 and s. 163A, omitted in 2019) and the new s. 164 (Rs 5 lakh for death, Rs 2.5 lakh for grievous hurt), interim relief (s. 164A) and the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (s. 164B), the duties after an accident (ss. 134, 159), settlement by the insurer (s. 149), and the computation of compensation by the multiplier method (Sarla Verma, Reshma Kumari, Pranay Sethi). It answers "What are the remedies provided under the Motor Vehicles Act 1988?" (2019-20, Q B 6).
Objectives
- Explain how a motor accident claim rests on the tort of negligence and why Minu B. Mehta (1977) required proof of fault under the 1939 Act.
- Trace no-fault liability from s. 92A (1939 Act) through s. 140 and s. 163A to the new s. 164 introduced in 2019.
- State the duties of the driver, the police and the insurer after an accident (ss. 134, 159, 149) and the settlement procedure.
- Compute compensation in a death case by the multiplier method with the Sarla Verma table, the Pranay Sethi future prospects and the conventional heads.
- List every civil, statutory, appellate and criminal remedy the Act gives an accident victim.
Slides
- Motor accident law: where tort meets statute
- Fault liability: the claim under s. 166 and the law of negligence
- Rylands v. Fletcher on the road: Kaushnuma Begum (2001)
- No-fault liability before 2019: s. 92A, s. 140 and s. 163A
- Section 164: no-fault compensation after 2019
- Interim relief (s. 164A) and the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (s. 164B)
- After the accident: duties of the driver, owner and police
- Settlement by the insurance company (s. 149)
- Computing compensation for death: the multiplier method
- Injury cases, interest and survival of the claim
- Remedies under the Motor Vehicles Act at a glance
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