https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=388100 Motor vehicle accident offences may attract prosecution under both the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the Indian Penal Code, 1860 because the statutes operate in distinct fields. The Motor Vehicles Act deals with regulatory and penalty-based contraventions, while the IPC creates offences such as rash driving, negligence causing death or hurt, and culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Section 26 of the General Clauses Act permits prosecution under either enactment, subject to the bar on double punishment. A blanket direction confining accident cases only to the Motor Vehicles Act is inconsistent with this scheme where IPC ingredients are satisfied. en-us Fri, 04 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 08:21:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=388100 Motor vehicle accident offences may attract prosecution under both the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and the Indian Penal Code, 1860 because the statutes operate in distinct fields. The Motor Vehicles Act deals with regulatory and penalty-based contraventions, while the IPC creates offences such as rash driving, negligence causing death or hurt, and culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Section 26 of the General Clauses Act permits prosecution under either enactment, subject to the bar on double punishment. A blanket direction confining accident cases only to the Motor Vehicles Act is inconsistent with this scheme where IPC ingredients are satisfied. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=388100