Tagged “act-of-god”

Commissioner, BBMP v. K.K. Umesh Kumar (2026): a falling branch, the Act of God, and the limits of 'use' under the Motor Vehicles Act

A branch falling from an old roadside tree onto a sheltering autorickshaw was an unforeseeable Act of God, and the injury did not arise from the vehicle's 'use' in the proximate sense Section 166 requires — yet the Supreme Court still enhanced compensation under Article 142.