Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1283 · Decided 15 December 2022

Harpreet Kaur & Ors v. Mohinder Yadav & ORS.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2022 INSC 1283 · [2022] 18 S.C.R. 54
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 9233/2022
Decided
15 December 2022
Bench
KRISHNA MURARI, S. RAVINDRA BHAT (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 - Computation of loss of income and loss of consortium - Victim-deceased died in a motor vehicular accident due to rash and negligent driving of the offending truck - Deceased was a years at the time of the incident, who was survived by his wife, two minor children, and his mother - Claim petition u/s.166 of the Act - Tribunal partly allowed the petition and awarded a sum of Rs. 6,60,000/- with 6% interest - Appeal by claimants on the ground that the

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