SC: Person in whose name vehicle stands registered on date of accident is ‘Owner’ entitled to Insurance Claim

Surendra Kumar Bhilawe vs. New India Assurance Company Limited (Supreme Court) The Supreme Court in the case of Surendra Kumar Bhilawe vs. The New India Assurance Company Limited  in Civil Appeal no 2632 of 2020 decided recently on 18 June 2020 has held that the person in whose name the motor vehicle stands registered would be treated as the ‘owner’ of the vehicle, for the purposes of the Motor Vehicles Act. The dispute arose when the insurance claim made by one Surendra Kumar Bhilawe was turned down by the Insurance company on the ground that he had already sold the said truck to...