Six-Month Deadline to File Motor Accident Claims Stayed; MACTs and High Courts Directed Not to Reject Petitions on Grounds of Delay: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India has delivered an important order protecting road accident victims from being denied compensation due to delay in filing petitions. The Court has stayed the operation of Section 166(3) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, which introduced a six-month limitation period for filing compensation claims. Court’s Direction to Tribunals and High Courts A Bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice N. V. Anjaria directed all Motor…
