aimed at quick redressal of the victims of accident

Supreme Court: Insurance company must bear in mind that they are the trustee of the public. Keeper of the public coffer. Often, even genuine claims are being hotly contested in a routine manner by dragging the parties to courts, wasting enormous time and money for the claimants to get their claims settled.

The Act like Motor Vehicles Act being a beneficial legislation is aimed at quick redressal of the victims of accident arising out of the use of motor vehicles, the attitude routinely adopted by the insurance company would render the object of the Act frustrated.

New India Assurance Co.Ltd Vs Kiran Singh & Ors