MACT-- Tree Branch Falling on Stationary Vehicle -- Act of God -- Claim Petition Not Maintainable
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.166 -- Motor Accident Claim -- Tree Branch Falling on Stationary Vehicle -- It is not a valid ground that a person was injured while inside a stationary motor vehicle if the vehicle itself had no causal connection with the accident-- An injury must arise out of the "use of a motor vehicle" — the vehicle must be part of the proximate cause -- Where a tree branch falls on a stationary autorickshaw during heavy rain, the vehicle is merely the location of the incident, not its cause. Such an event falls within the doctrine of Act of God and does not attract liability under the Motor Vehicles Act.
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