Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Motor Vehicles Act Section 166 | Tree Fall Not 'Use of Vehicle' But Compensation Enhanced Under Article 142: SC
The Supreme Court ruled that a tree falling on a stationary auto-rickshaw does not qualify as an accident arising from the 'use of a motor vehicle' under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, but exercised its extraordinary power under Article 142 to award Rs. 25 lakh in compensation, setting a precedent for equitable relief in natural calamity cases where no statutory liability exists.