Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 328 · Decided 25 April 2014
Anjani Singh & ORS. v. Salauddin & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 328 · [2014] 5 S.C.R. 846
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4647/2009
- Decided
- 25 April 2014
- Bench
- GYAN SUDHA MISRA, V. GOPALA GOWDA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988: s.166 - Fatal accident - Compensation - Determination of - Victim-deceased aged C 35 years - Tribunal determined dependency of claimants­ appellants as RS. 31,0001- p.a. and applied the multiplier of 8 since the deceased died at the age of 35 and the age of High Court held that the assessment of monthly income based on the o salary statement by the Tribunal as RS.40301- was correct, however, the finding of the Tribunal leading to deduction of one-third amount towards personal expenses was erroneous and deducted only one-fourth of the oompensation
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