P.P. Mohammed Vs. K. Rajappan
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Motor Vehicles Act,1988 - Section 168 , Section 50
Motor accident - Compensation - Liability of owner - Ownership transferred - Held that, person in actual possession of the vehicle as well as the person in whose name the vehicle stood in RTO records, would be liable to the third party who was injured in the accident - Held, that even though in law there would be a transfer of ownership of the vehicle , that, by itself, would not absolve the party, in whose name the vehicle stands in RTO records, from liability to a third person - Merely because the vehicle was transferred does not mean that the appellant stands absolved of his liability to a third person. So long as his name continues in RTO records he remains liable to a third person.
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Advocates For the Appellant(s) :
Topic(s)-Liability of owner , Ownership transferred
Important Decision(s)- In whose name the vehicle stands in RTO records, from liability to a third person.