Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 125 · Decided 15 April 1977
Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, Bairagarh, Bhopal v. Sudhakar & ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 125 · [1977] 3 S.C.R. 627
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2254/1968
- Decided
- 15 April 1977
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, A.C. GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 1
Headnote
627 Reasonable prophecy, principle of-Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, Section 1 lOB -Award of conzpensation-Death of, a child and also of earning wife in _an accident-Claimant husband not dependant on wife's income and remarrying within 11 months-Assessment of damages should be based 011 the principles Section IA. Bus accident-Victinz boy aged about four years coming fro1n a well-to-do fa1nily-Disabled by a compound fracture of right tibia and fabula lower third near ankle joint-Award of compensation of Rs. 20,000 as enhanced by the lligh Court by way of damages is proper-Motor Vehicles Act,
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