Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 131 · Decided 1 March 2006
Bijoy Kumar Dugar v. Bidyadhar Dutt and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 131 · [2006] 2 S.C.R. 803
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3731/2002
- Decided
- 1 March 2006
- Bench
- B.N. SRIKRISHNA, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Section 166: Accident claim-Head-on collision between car and bus-Amount of compensation-Appeal for enhancement of-Future prospects of the deceased- C Contributory negligence-The car's driver died in the accident-Claimants were the deceased's father and mother aged 50 directed to pay half the amount of compensation as the deceased was held liable for contributory negligence-High Court riefected the claimants' D appeal for enhancement of compensation-Held: Compensation should be the pecuniary loss to the dependants by the death of a person-Claimants have to
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