Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 107 · Decided 13 February 2004
Fakeerappa and ANR. v. Karnataka Cement Pipe Factory and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 107 · [2004] 2 S.C.R. 369
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1009/2004
- Decided
- 13 February 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988-Motor accident-Death caused­ Compensation--Claim for-Award by Tribunal using multiplier of 18, deducting 50% of income as personal expenditure with 6% interest rate-Appeal for C enhancement dismissed by High Court-Appeal questioning percentage of deduction and rate cannot be governed by any rigidformula­ In facts of the case the deduction restricted to one third of income-Since the questions of interest rate and multiplier not raised before High Court, the same not liable to be interfered with-Practice and Procedure. D Appellants 1 and 2-parents of
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