Hit-and-run accidents, road rage, Good Samaritans and the golden hour
LUG-101 Law of Torts including Motor Vehicle Accident and Consumer Protection Act, Unit V: Rules regarding hit-and-run motor accidents and road rage cases. · LLB · 60 min
The rules for victims who cannot find the wrongdoer and for violence on the road: hit-and-run compensation under s. 161 (Rs 2 lakh for death, Rs 50,000 for grievous hurt, paid from the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund under the 2022 scheme) and its refund under s. 163; cashless treatment in the golden hour (s. 162); protection of Good Samaritans (s. 134A, Savelife Foundation v. Union of India, 2016); road rage as a tort and a crime (BNS ss. 106, 125, 281 and the hurt and homicide provisions; Jaswinder Singh v. Navjot Singh Sidhu, 2022; State v. Sanjeev Nanda, 2012; Alister Anthony Pareira, 2012) and the Supreme Court's road safety directions (S. Rajaseekaran v. Union of India). It answers "the main provisions of the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Act, 2019 for the protection of the rights of the victim of accident in hit and run case" (2024-25, Q 5(c)).
Objectives
- Define a hit and run motor accident (s. 145(d)) and state the compensation and procedure under s. 161 and the 2022 scheme.
- Explain the refund rule of s. 163 when the vehicle is later identified.
- Explain the golden hour (s. 2 and s. 162), the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (s. 164B) and the protection of Good Samaritans (s. 134A).
- Analyse road rage as a tort and as an offence under the BNS and the MV Act, with Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sanjeev Nanda and Alister Pareira.
- Summarise the victim-protective provisions of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019.
Slides
- Hit and run: the victim without a defendant
- Section 161: compensation in hit-and-run accidents
- The 2022 scheme and the refund rule (s. 163)
- The golden hour and cashless treatment (ss. 2, 162, 164B)
- Good Samaritans: s. 134A and Savelife Foundation (2016)
- Victim-protective provisions of the 2019 amendment
- Road rage: a tort and a crime
- Jaswinder Singh v. Navjot Singh Sidhu (2022): sentencing road rage
- Drunken driving that kills: Sanjeev Nanda (2012) and Alister Pareira (2012)
- Road safety through the courts: S. Rajaseekaran v. Union of India
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