motor vehicles act 1988

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 181 : Driving vehicles in contravention of section 3 or section 4 : Whoever drives a motor vehicle in contravention of section 3 or section 4 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months,…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 180 : Allowing unauthorised persons to drive vehicles : Whoever, being the owner or person in charge of a motor vehicle, causes or permits, any other person who does not satisfy the provisions of section 3 or section 4 to…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 179 : Disobedience of orders, obstruction and refusal of information : (1) Whoever wilfully disobeys any direction lawfully given by any person or authority empowered under this Act to give such direction, or obstructs any person or authority in the…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 178 : Penalty for travelling without pass or ticket and for dereliction of duty on the part of conductor and refusal to ply contract carriage, etc : (1) Whoever travels in a stage carriage without having a proper pass or…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Chapter XIII : Offences, Penalties And Procedure : Section 177 : General provision for punishment of offences : Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or of any rule, regulation or notification made thereunder shall, if no penalty is provided for…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 176 : Power of State Government to make rules : A State Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of sections 165 to 174, and in particular, such rules may provide for all or…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 175 : Bar on jurisdiction of Civil Courts : Where any Claims Tribunal has been constituted for any area, no Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any question relating to any claim for compensation which may be adjudicated upon…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 174 : Recovery of money from insurer as arrear of land revenue : Where any amount is due from any person under an award, the Claims Tribunal may, on an application made to it by the person entitled to the…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 173 : Appeals : (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), any person aggrieved by an award of a Claims Tribunal may, within ninety days from the date of the award, prefer an appeal to the High Court: Provided…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 172 : Award of compensatory costs in certain cases : (1) Any Claims Tribunal adjudicating upon any claim for compensation under this Act, may in any case where it is satisfied for reasons to be recorded by it in writing…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 171 : Award of interest where any claim is allowed : Where any Claims Tribunal allows a claim for compensation made under this Act, such Tribunal may direct that in addition to the amount of compensation simple interest shall also…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 170 : Impleading insurer in certain cases : Where in the course of any inquiry, the Claims Tribunal is satisfied that (a) there is collusion between the person making the claim and the person against whom the claim is made,…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 169 : Procedure and powers of Claims Tribunals : (1) In holding any inquiry under section 168, the Claims Tribunal may, subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, follow such summary procedure as it thinks fit.…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 168 : Award of the Claims Tribunal : (1) On receipt of an application for compensation made under section 166, the Claims Tribunal shall, after giving notice of the application to the insurer and after giving the parties (including the…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 167 : Option regarding claims for compensation in certain cases : Notwithstanding anything contained in the Workmens Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923) where the death of, or bodily injury to, any person gives rise to a claim for compensation…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Section 166 : Application for compensation : (1) An application for compensation arising out of an accident of the nature specified in sub-section (1) of section 165 may be made (a) by the person who has sustained the injury; or (b)…

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 Chapter XII : Claims Tribunals : Section 165 : Claims Tribunals : (1) A State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute one or more Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals (hereafter in this Chapter referred to as Claims Tribunal) for…