Understanding Owner of Goods or Representative Coverage Under Section 147 of the MV Act

2023 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 30917

The expression used under Section 147 (1)(b)(i) of MV Act is “owner of goods or authorized representative of goods” in the present case does not mean that the deceased had not travelled in the autorickshaw as representative of the goods. ... Therefore, the requirement of proof is that any injured or deceased has to travel in the goods#HL_END....

2023 Supreme(Online)(KAR) 22607

The expression used under Section 147 (1)(b)(i) of MV Act is “owner of goods or authorized representative of goods” in the present case does not mean that the deceased had not travelled in the autorickshaw as representative of the goods. ... Therefore, the requirement of proof is that any injured or deceased has to travel in the goods#HL_END....

2023 0 Supreme(Kar) 528

LIABILITY - Insurance Company - Section 166 of MV Act - Section 2(13) and Section 147(1)(b)(i) of MV Act - The court discussed the ... The court examined the definition of "goods" under Section 2(13) of the MV Act and the requirements of Section 147(1)(b)(i) regarding ... 147(1)(b)(i) regarding insurance coverage for the owner or authorized representative of the goods. ... In order to attract Se....

Gujarat

was travelling as owner of the goods or his representative.” ... Therefore, in the present case, amended provision of Section 147 of the Act will be applicable, where the risk of owner of the goods is covered. ... Reckhaben Bharatkumar Nanalal Thakkar 13.1 The sum and substance of above two judgments is quite clear that after amendment in Section #HL_S....

2023 Supreme(Online)(AP) 836

The Tribunal has also observed that as per Section 147 of the MV Act, the coverage of the risk of the owner of goods or his representative is statutorily covered and also, as per evidence of RW.1, the owner of the offending vehicle need not pay any premium for the coverage of owner of goods as it is ... The provision of Section #HL_S....

2021 0 Supreme(Ker) 921

Motor Vehicles Act- Section 147- Motor Accident Claims- Gratuitous passenger in a goods autorickshaw.- Disallowing ... of goods or his authorized representative on being carried in a goods vehicle when that meets with an accident and the owner of goods or his representative dies or suffers any bodily injury. ... an accident and the owner#HL_E....

2021 0 Supreme(Ker) 866

Motor Vehicles Act - Section 147 - Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 - Section 95(1) - Requirements of policies and ... of goods or his authorized representative on being carried in a goods vehicle when that meets with an accident and the owner of goods or his representative dies or suffers any bodily injury. ... After reading Section #HL_STAR....

2024 Supreme(Online)(MAD) 32544

Further, Section 147(1)(b)(1) of the Act reads as ''including owner of the goods or his authorised representative carried in the vehicle''. ... M.Sakthivel (cited supra)), wherein with the aid of Rule 236 of the Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, Section 147 of the Motor Vehicles Act interpreted and held that, by virtue of the statutory fiction under Sec....

A forfeiture of goods by operation of law would, of course, be of purely academic interest until the owner is in fact deprived of his property by some official intervention. Section 123 of the Ordinance provides the machinery for this purpose. ... An affidavit in terms of section 147 was also furnished to the Collector. All these facts are not denied. In the meantime Mr. Lanktree had personally con....

2024 0 Supreme(Guj) 1928

or representative of the owner of the goods. ... It is therefore, manifest that in spite of the amendment of 1994, the effect of the provision contained in section 147 with respect to persons other than the owner of the goods or his authorized representative remains the same. ... The objects and reasons of clause 46 also state that it seeks to amend #H....

2018 0 Supreme(Mad) 3589

A reading of Section 2(13) of the Act would indicate that weight and volume of bags carried by the passenger would have relevance to find out whether they are luggage or goods. The intention of the lawmakers appears to be cover the risk of owner of the goods or his representative, who actually engages the goods vehicle for transport of goods from one destination to anther, but does not include persons boarding the goods vehicle midway with a baggage of goods or luggage by paying some money to ....

2014 0 Supreme(Bom) 1093

Both owner of the goods as well as the authorised representative of the owner of the goods are now covered in view of the amended provision of Section 147(1) of the M. V. Act. Therefore, it cannot be said that if the owner of the goods travelled in the said vehicle, representative of the owner is not covered. He, therefore, submitted that both the owner of the goods or his authorised representative carried in the vehicle, were covered. 2 has been rightly held to be liable to ....

2013 0 Supreme(All) 1445

The amended Section 147 has been considered by Apex Court in various decisions, some of which we intend to refer a little later. By the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1994 (for short, ‘’1994 Amendment Act’), Section 147 came to be amended. The expression “including owner of the goods or his authorised representative carried in the vehicle” was added in Section 147.

2013 1 Supreme 108

The amended Section 147 has been considered by this Court in various decisions, some of which we intend to refer a little later. The expression “including owner of the goods or his authorised representative carried in the vehicle” was added in Section 147. By the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1994 (for short, ‘1994 Amendment Act’), Section 147 came to be amended.

2013 0 Supreme(UK) 4

The expression “including owner of the goods or his authorised representative carried in the vehicle” was added in Section 147. The amended Section 147 has been considered by this Court in various decisions, some of which we intend to refer a little later.