Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | 1988 Fatal accident of a 29 years old bachelor Motor Vehicles Act Compensation |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 – Fatal accident of a 29 years old bachelor – Claim for compensation by his parents (agd 65 and 50 years) – Tribunal, on the basis of age of the deceased adopted multiplier of 17 and awarded compensation – High Court reduced the compensation amount, adopting multiplier of 7 on the basis of the age of claimants – Appeal by the claimants – Held: The correct multiplier to be applied in the present case would be 17, having regard to the age of the deceased – Compensation amount enhanced accordingly.Appellants-claimants filed petition u/s. 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 claiming compensation for the death of their son in a motor accident. Trial Court using multiplier of 17 having regard to the age of the deceased (29 years) awarded compensation of Rs.61,20,000/- and added further sum of Rs.35,000/- under conventional heads. Interest was awarded at 9% p.a. High Court adopted multiplier of 7 on the basis of age of the claimants (65 and 50) and reduced the compensation amount to Rs.26,45,000/- with interst @ 9% p.a. Hence the present appeal by the claimants. |
Judge | Hon'ble Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud |
Neutral Citation | 2018 INSC 43 |
Petitioner | Ramrao Lala Borse And Anr |
Respondent | New India Assurance Company Ltd. And Anr |
SCR | [2018] 1 S.C.R. 190 |
Judgement Date | 2018-01-19 |
Case Number | 418 |
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