M/S Tumkur Dcc Bank Ltd vs. The Assistant Commissioner
In the result, the appeals as well as the cross objection
ITA/13/2021HC Karnataka25 Feb 2021
Bench: SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA,V SRISHANANDA
Section 173(1)
…D.,’, (2014) 15 SCC 450]. It is well settled in law that burden to prove breach of duty on the part of the victim lies on the insurance company and the insurance company has to discharge the burden. [SEE: ‘USHA RAJ KHOWA VS. PARAMOUNT INDUSTRIES’, (2009) 14 SCC 71]. In ‘MANGALA RAM VS. ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD.’, (2018) 5 SCC 656]. In the background of the aforesaid well settled legal principles, we may advert to the facts of the case in hand. 11. For the sake of convenience, evidence from MVC No.22/2016 has been referred to. Admittedly, PW1 is not an eye witness to the accident. No other independen…