India, July 30 -- Repairs of a motor vehicle are integral aspects of its movement, and it would be said to be in "use" while being repaired at a workshop or garage, the Bombay High Court has said while rejecting petition by an insurance company that challenged grant of compensation to the family of a welder who died after a gas tanker exploded during welding works in Chembur.

A single judge bench of justice Jitendra Jain said the phrase "use of the motor vehicle" used in Section 147 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 cannot be given a restrictive meaning to mean that compensation can be awarded only when the accident occurs when the vehicle is moving on the road.

"The phrase 'use of the motor vehicle' would not only include active use of m...