Rajamma vs Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. 2025 INSC 1176 - Motor Accident Compensation - FIR - Proof Of Accident
Motor Accident Compensation -If the FIR is registered on the basis of the accident or on the detection of the abandoned body, then it should have been registered in a Police Station having jurisdiction over either of the two locations. The proof of accident is looked at in a motor accidents claim. An FIR registered as against the driver of the offending vehicle can be relied on to find the accident having been caused by the driver of the offending vehicle, that too by his rash and negligent driving as reported at the first instance. However, the preponderance of probabilities that arise from such an FIR registered would not have the same probity if there is a valid suspicion raised on the registration of the FIR and the falsity of the claim being clearly discernible from the evidence led itself. (Para 6)
Case Info
- Case name: Rajamma & Ors. v. Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr.
- Neutral citation: 2025 INSC 1176.
- Coram: K. Vinod Chandran, J.; N. V. Anjaria, J.
- Judgment date: September 26, 2025.
- Case number: Civil Appeal No. 5172 of 2025.
Statutes/laws referred
- Motor accident claims law: Principles under the Motor Vehicles Act framework (proof on preponderance of probabilities in MACT proceedings).
- Criminal procedure/FIR jurisdiction: Discussion regarding FIR registration and transfer between police stations (Hebbagodi Police Station to Electronic City Traffic Police Station), implying application of criminal law procedure, though no sections are specified.
