Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 800 · Decided 10 July 2008
Anita Devi and ORS. v. Satyendra Narain Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 800 · [2008] 10 S.C.R. 664
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4291/2008
- Decided
- 10 July 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166, 173(1)
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 166 - Fatal accident - Claim for compensation by dependants of the deceased - c MACT came upon a finding that there was no concrete mate- rial regarding income of the deceased and awarded compen- sation by taking notional income of the deceased at Rs. 15, 0001 - p.a claimants that several ·documents were filed to establish the income of deceased D which were not consid~red by MACT or High Court - Held: Records of MACT show that certain documents were filed which may throw light on the income aspect - Matter remitted to MACT with direction to consider
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