Dilip Agarwal vs Rajshri Agarwal on 22 July, 2026

The Supreme Court examined the legal test governing whether a murder inside a vehicle constitutes an "accident arising out of the use of a motor vehicle" under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. The Bench observed that mere involvement of a vehicle in a chain of events leading to death is insufficient to fasten statutory liability unless there is a clear proximate causal connection between the operational use of the motor vehicle and the death.