PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION IN HIT AND RUN MOTOR ACCIDENT
OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY
OBJECTIVES:
1: TO FIND OUT AND STUDY THE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION IN HIT AND RUN
MOTOR ACCIDENT.
2: TO DRAW UP THE BASIC TRENDS BY ANALYSING VARIOUS CASES
METHODOLOGY
THE BASIC METHODOLOGY ADOPTED TO PREPARE THIS RESEARCH IS DEDUCTIVE
THAT IS TO STUDY VARIOUS CASES, TO ANALYSE THE LAWS IN THE SAME TOPIC
AND UNDERSTAND THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE TO DRAW A GENERAL CONCLUSION.
Introduction
The number of people who get killed or maimed in motor vehicle
accidents is growing day by day. The main source of succor to such
hapless people and their dependants is the compensation that they are
entitled to receive under law. But right from 1956, motor accident
compensation law has been in a state of flux. It was in that year that
the legislature amended the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 by inserting
several new sections. Over the years, many more amendments followed
and in 1988, a new Motor Vehicles Act replaced the old one. This book
studies various new rights created by the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for
claiming compensation in case of any death or bodily injury caused in
an accident arising out of the use of a motor vehicle.
Over the years, the judiciary has not only been called upon from time
to time to interpret these statutory provisions and apply them to
different facts and situations, but also to lay down the legal
principles for assessing compensation. The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
does not provide any guidelines for the identification of the items of
loss to be compensated; nor does it lay down any criteria for the
computation of the quantum of compensation for each item of loss. The
author has successfully dealt with such and other important questions.
COMPENSATION PROVISION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES ACT
The motor vehicles Act, 1988, like the earlier Act of 1939, makes the
insurance of motor vehicles compulsory. The owner of every motor
vehicle is bound to insure his vehicle against third party risk.
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With so many vehicles on the roads today, automobile accidents have become an everyday occurrence. If you have been involved in a collision, it’s understandable that you’ll be upset and nervous after an accident, but it is important to remain as calm as possible and to record as many details as you can. Here is a list of some things that will need to be done both before you leave the accident scene and shortly afterwards.
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