State liable as owner for hired vehicles in public duty accidents: Orissa HC upholds compensation for kin of truck owner | Bhubaneswar News
Cuttack: Observing that a state can be treated as the “owner” of a privately owned vehicle, hired for public duty, for the purpose of liability under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Orissa high court has upheld a compensation award of Rs 31.92 lakh granted to the family members of a truck owner who died in…
