2018 Supreme(SC) 1120
MADAN B.LOKUR, DEEPAK GUPTA
S. RAJASEEKARAN – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent
Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv. (A.C.)(NP) Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Adv. (AC) Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, Adv. Mr. Jayavardhan Singh, Adv. Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Adv. Mr. Manoj Swarup, Adv. Ms. Lalita Kohli, Adv. Mr. Sajid Imam Naqvi, Adv. for M/s Manoj Swarup & Co.
For the Respondent: Mr. Krishna Kumar, AOR Mr. B. Vinodh Kanna, Adv. Ms. Srujana Suman Mund, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar Sinha, Sr. Adv. Mr. R. Bala, Adv. Mr. S.S. Ray, Adv. Ms. Snidha Mehra, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kr. Vishwakarma, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makker, AOR. Ms. Aarti Sharma, Adv. Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, Adv. Mr. S.L. Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Gupta, Adv. Ms. Shalu Sharma, AOR Mr. Mahabir Singh Mangla, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. M.K. Thakur, Adv. Mr. Rajesh K. Sharma, Adv. Ms. Prerna Mehta, Adv. Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, Adv. Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Sayooj Mohandas M., Adv. Mr. Naman Kamboj, Adv. Mr. Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Kumar Milind, Adv. Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, Adv. Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Adv. Mr. S.S. Rebello, Adv. Mr. Bhaskar Chhakara, Adv. Mr. Anurag Sharma, Adv. Mr. Shishir Deshpande, Adv. Ms. Hemantika Wahi, Adv. Ms. Jesal Wahi, Adv. Ms. Vishakha, Adv. Ms. Mamta Singh, Adv. Ms. Puja Singh, Adv. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh, Adv. Ms. Monika Gosain, Adv. Mr. Ashish Chouhan, Adv. Mr. Jaswant, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, Adv. Ms. Fauzia Shakil, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Singh, Adv. Mr. Mojahid Karim Khan, Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Waquas, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. G. Prakash, Adv. Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv. Mrs. Priyanka Prakash, Adv. Mrs. Beena Prakash, Adv. Mr. Nishant R. Katneshwarkar, Adv. Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. R. Leishangthem Roshmani KH, Adv. Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. S. Bhowmick, Adv. Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv. Mr. K.V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv. Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR Mr. Manish Yadav, Adv. Mr. M. Abdullah, Adv. Mr. Rohit Chandra, Adv. Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Mr. Edward Belho, Adv. Mr. Amit Kr. Singh, Adv. Mr. K. Luikang Michael, Adv. Mr. Z.H. Issac Haiding, Adv. Mr. Karan Bharihoke, Adv. Ms. Navkiran Balay, Adv. Mr. S.S. Shamshery, AAG Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv. Ms. Indira Bhakar, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Ms. Simran Jeet, Adv. For M/s Arputham Aruna & Co. Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Adv. Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. Ms. Rachana Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Rachna Gandhi, Adv. Ms. Monika, Adv. Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Mrs. G. Indira, AOR Mr. V. G. Pragasam, Adv. Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. S. Manuraj, Adv. Mr. P. K. Manohar, AOR Ms. Manjeet Chawla, AOR Dr. (Mrs.) Vipin Gupta, AOR Mr. Neelesh Singh Rao, Adv. Impleader Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, Adv.
ORDER :
Report No.16
It is stated that the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017 is presently pending with the Rajya Sabha and it might be taken up for consideration during the current session of Parliament.
List the matter on 13th August, 2018.
Report No.17
We have perused Report No.17 with the assistance of learned amicus curiae, learned Additional Solicitor General and learned counsel appearing for some of the insurance companies.
On 12th July, 2018, we had issued notice to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India(IRDA). Despite service, no one is present on behalf of IRDA. No Objections have been filed by IRDA to Report No.17. Therefore, we take it that IRDA accepts
Report No.17.
In a meeting held by the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety held on 26th March, 2018, it is recorded that there are about 18 crore vehicles plying on the road and only about 6 crore vehicles have the mandatory third party cover. In other words, 66% vehicles are running on the road without any third party insurance cover and the victims of accidents including those who have died and their legal representatives are not getting compensation because the vehicles are not insured.
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