Mere Chargesheet Not Enough to Establish Motor Vehicles Act Liability

Sithara N.S. & Ors. Etc. Vs Sai Ram General Insurance Company Limited (Supreme Court of India) SC refuses to disturb concurrent findings: Mere chargesheet not enough to fasten MV Act liability without proof of vehicle involvement Supreme Court, in dismissed appeals filed by legal representatives of two deceased victims, upholding concurrent findings of MACT, Shimoga & Karnataka High Court which had rejected compensation claims u/s 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, on ground that involvement of alleged offending canter lorry was not proved. While reiterating that standard of proof in mot...