Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 659 · Decided 29 September 2010
Arvind Kumar Mishra v. New India Assurance CO. LTD. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 659 · [2010] 11 S.C.R. 857
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5510/2005
- Decided
- 29 September 2010
- Bench
- AFTAB ALAM, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
A B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 166 - Compensation - Claim for - Motor accident of final year engineering student, aged 25 years - 70% permanent disability - Compensation C of Rs. 2,50,000 with interest@ 9 % p.a. by tribunal - Enhanced to Rs. 3, 50, 0001- by High Court - On appeal held: Tribunal in not taking appropriate multiplier of an appropriate multplicand while assessing compensation - In view of the facts, taking multiplicand as Rs. D 42,0001- p.a. and operative multiplier as 18, compensation is enhanced to Rs. 9,06,0001- with simple interest@ 9% p.a. - Claimant also entitled
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