Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 302 · Decided 22 April 2014
Kalpanaraj v. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 302 · [2014] 6 S.C.R. 577
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3461/2003
- Decided
- 22 April 2014
- Bench
- GYAN SUDHA MISRA, V. GOPALA GOWDA (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 - Determination of - Deceased aged 46 years A B - Claimants-wife and two minor children - Tribunal awarded c compensation of Rs. 20. 90 lacs while High Court reduced it to Rs. 5. 76 lacs by determining monthly income on the basis of deceased - Appeal for enhancement of compensation - Held: High Court was correct in determining the monthly income on the basis of the o income tax return, however, erred in making deductions under various heads to arrive at the net income instead of ascertaining the gross income of the deceased -
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