Case Law Analysis
|Punjab and Haryana High Court
Section 166 MV Act | Contemporaneous Police Statement Overrides Later Contradictory Testimony in Motor Accident Claims : Punjab & Haryana HC
The Punjab & Haryana High Court ruled that a claimant's immediate police statement exonerating a driver carries decisive weight under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, overriding later contradictory testimony. This holding reinforces the primacy of contemporaneous evidence in motor accident claims, impacting claimants' burden of proof and insurers' liability defenses.