Car Stolen From Valet Parking? Hotel Is Responsible, Even If Parking Is Free:

Suppose you visit a hotel and your car gets stolen after you had given the keys to the valet parking. Can the hotel deny its responsibility, or not pay penalty, by simply giving you a parking tag that says it will not be responsible for any loss due to theft, damage etc?

Car Stolen From Valet Parking? Hotel Is Responsible, Even If Parking Is Free:

The Supreme Court has declared that hotel owners will be responsible if the customers park their cars in their parking lot and are damaged or stolen. The safety of the car is the hotel’s responsibility even if it is written on the parking tag that Hotel will not be responsible for any loss due to theft, damage, etc. 

Valet parking questions were addressed for the first time by the Supreme Court in the Taj Mahal Hotel vs United India Insurance Company Ltd. & Ors judgment on Thursday.

To know more about the case in detail watch the below video -