Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 424 · Decided 12 June 2020
M. H. Uma Maheshwari & ORS. v. United India Insurance CO. LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 424 · [2020] 5 S.C.R. 259
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2558/2020
- Decided
- 12 June 2020
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, R. SUBHASH REDDY, SURYA KANT (3-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 - Of 50 year old person - Claim for compensation - Tribunal while awarding compensation applied multiplier of 13 and gave 30% towards future prospects - High Court reduced the compensation amount by granting 15% However, High Court maintained multiplier of 13 - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: Since High Court maintained the multiplier of 13, there was no justification for reducing the compensation by granting 15% towards future prospects - Compensation awarded by Tribunal was just and
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