No insurance payout for reckless driving deaths, says Supreme Court

A Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice R Mahadevan refused to assistance Rs 80 lakh compensation sought by the wife, lad and parents of a antheral who died portion driving a car astatine precocious speed

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Insurance companies are not liable to wage compensation to families of individuals who dice arsenic a effect of their ain rash and reckless driving, the Supreme Court has said.

A Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice R Mahadevan refused to assistance Rs 80 lakh compensation sought by the wife, lad and parents of a antheral who died portion driving a car astatine precocious speed.

Refusing to interfere with the Karnataka High Court's November 23, 2024, bid dismissing the plea filed by the ineligible heirs of the deceased claiming compensation, the Bench connected Wednesday said, "We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgement passed by the precocious court. Hence, the Special Leave Petition is dismissed."

While driving his car from Mallasandra colony to Arasikere municipality connected June 18, 2014, NS Ravisha met with an accident. His father, sister and her children were besides travelling successful the car. The tribunal concluded that Ravisha drove the car successful a negligent mode without pursuing postulation rules and mislaid power implicit the vehicle, starring to the accident. Ravisha sustained fatal injuries successful the accident.

The precocious tribunal had held that due to the fact that “the mishap occurred owed to the rash and negligent driving of the deceased himself and helium being self-tort-feasor, the ineligible heirs cannot assertion immoderate compensation for his death, different it would magnitude to a idiosyncratic who committed breach getting the compensation for his ain wrongs."