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2024 Supreme(SC) 30

ABHAY S. OKA, PANKAJ MITHAL
S. Rajaseekaran – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR (Amicus Curiae), Mr. Krishna Kumar, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Viresh B. Saharya, AOR Ms. Prerna Mehta, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv. Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv. Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Adv. Ms. Jaikriti S. Jadeja, AOR Mr. Nitin Lonkar, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. T Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Mr. KV Girish Chowdary, Adv. Mr. Meeran Maqbool, Adv. Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Abraham C. Mathew, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajaselvan, Adv. Mr. Kishan Chand Jain, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. V. Shyamohan, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Apurv Singhvi, Adv. Mr. Rohan Darade, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Satyajeet Kumar, AOR Mr. Azmat Hayat Amanullah, AOR Mr. Santosh Kumar-I, AOR Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv. Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. T. Illayarasu, Adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Adv. Mr. Karan Bishnoi, Adv. Mr. Rajesh S. Pandian, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. S.K. Rajora, Adv. Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv. Mr. Virendra Mohan, Adv. Ms. Komal, Adv. Mr. S. Satialon, Adv. Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Dr. Sumit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Mr. M.P. Vinod, AOR Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, Adv. Mr. Dileep Pillai, Adv. Mr. Ajay K. Jain, Adv. Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, A.A.G. Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Priyanshu Malik, Adv. Mr. Vivek Kishore, AOR Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Simanta Kumar, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR Ms. Harshita Sharma, Adv. Ms. Swati Jain, Adv. Ms. Pooja Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Tejaswin Suri, Adv. Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Abbas, Adv. Ms. Kavya Geetha, Adv. Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, A.A.G. Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv. Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv. Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv. M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Sanjay Jain, AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, Adv. Ms. Anju Thomas, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv. Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Chakravarty, Adv. Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv. Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv. Ms. Anvita Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Lihzu Shiney Konyak, Adv.

ORDER :

ABHAY S. OKA, J.

1) We have heard the learned counsel on the question of issuing interim directions for the effective implementation of the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (for short, ‘the MV Act’) relating to the grant of compensation in case of hit and run motor accidents.

2) Section 161 of the MV Act, as applicable from 1st April 2022, reads thus:

    “161. Special provisions as to compensation in case of hit and run motor accident.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or any instrument having the force of law, the Central Government shall provide for paying in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the Scheme made under sub-section (3), compensation in respect of the death of, or grievous hurt to, persons resulting from hit and run motor accidents. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the Scheme made under sub-section (3), there shall be paid as compensation,—

    (a) in respect of the death of any person resulting from a hit and run motor accident, a fixed sum of two lakh rupees or such higher amount as

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