Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 153 · Decided 20 August 1979
Bishan Devi & ORS. v. Sirbaksh Singh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 153 · [1980] 1 S.C.R. 300
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1455/1969
- Decided
- 20 August 1979
- Bench
- A.C. GUPTA, P.S. KAILASAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
F G H 300 BISHAN DEVI & ORS. v. SIRBAKSH SINGH & ANR. August 20, 1979 [A. C. GUPTA AND P. S. KAILASAM, JJ.J Motor Vehicl~ Act 1939, S. 110~4-Detenninati!ln and payn1cnt of compen .. sation-No inunediate Qnd adequate relief to Jependents under the existing law­ Amend1nent pay1nents instead of lu111p suni pay1nent-Advantageous to, dependants-Less /;urdenso111c on the insurer. The appellants in their claim petition, before the J\1otor Accidents Claints Tribunal, claimed Rs. 50,000/- as compensation, alleging that the husband of the first appellant was run over by a
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