Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1341 · Decided 9 December 2019
Malarvizhi & ORS. v. United India Insurance Company Limited & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1341 · [2019] 16 S.C.R. 1086
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9196/2019
- Decided
- 9 December 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s.166 - Person died in motor accident - Survived by the appellants (his wife and four daughters) - Appellants contended that the deceased derived income from many sources including business, (sold in recovery proceedings after his death) and was also wholesale dealer of cement and owned wine shops - Sought compensation in the amount of Rs.99,90,000/- - Tribunal allowed the claim in the amount of Rs.59,04,000/- with interest @ 7.5% p.a. - High Court reduced the
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