Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 163 · Decided 4 April 2012
Amrit Bhanu Shali & ORS. v. National Insurance CO. LTD. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 163 · [2012] 5 S.C.R. 207
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3397/2012
- Decided
- 4 April 2012
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
A B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 166 - Fatal accident - Of unmarried man aged 26 years - Parents and unmarried sister C of deceased filing petition claiming compensation - Tribunal holding that only parents were dependents as the sister got married in the meantime - Taking into account his status and his annual salary, deducting 50% for personal and living expenses and applying multiplier of 17, D awarded compensation of Rs. 8, 66, 0001- - High Court reduced the compensation to Rs. 6, 68, 0001- by applying multiplier of 13 - On appeal, held: Tribunal rightly used the multiplier
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