Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1348 · Decided 10 December 2019
Kunjan Sadana & ANR. v. Mahesh Kumar & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1348 · [2019] 17 S.C.R. 1128
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9312/2019
- Decided
- 10 December 2019
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, SANJIV KHANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Fatal accident - Of a 19 years old bachelor - Caused by motor vehicle - Claim for compensation by mother and brother of deceased - Compensation awarded by Tribunal and High Court by using multiplier of 15 on the basis of the age to Supreme Court - Held: Multiplier of 15 was wrongly applied by adopting the age of the dependant and not the deceased - High Court was also wrong in not considering future prospects of the deceased - In view of the age of the deceased, an additional 40% of the established
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