Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 566 · Decided 26 August 2013
Kishan Gopal & ANR. v. Lala & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 566 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 793
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7137/2013
- Decided
- 26 August 2013
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, V. GOPALA GOWDA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 140, 166, 163A
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss. 140, 166 and 163A - Fatal accident - Claim for compensation - By the parents of the deceased (a 10 year old boy) - Courts below denied C compensation - On appeal, held: The claimants are entitled to award of just and reasonable compensation - Compensation of Rs. 5 from the date of filing of claim petition. D Appellants' 10 years old son died in an accident, while he was travelling in a trolley of a tractor, driven by respondent No.1. Criminal proceedings were initiated in this regard against the driver and the owner (respondent No.2) of the offending
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