SC: No MACT Compensation for Murder in Vehicle Without Causal Link

SC: No MACT Compensation for Murder in Vehicle Without Causal Link

In Dilip Agarwal v. Rajshri Agarwal & Ors., the Supreme Court held that compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act cannot be awarded merely because a vehicle was involved in the sequence of events leading to a person's death. The Court ruled that claimants must establish a real and proximate causal link between the use of the vehicle and the fatal injuries. Since there was no evidence proving that the deceased was murdered inside the vehicle or that the vehicle contributed to the death, the compensation award was set aside. The Court clarified that murder claims are compensable only when directly connected with the vehicle's use.