Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 66 · Decided 23 January 2009
Managing Director, Tnstc v. Suguna and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 66 · [2009] 1 S.C.R. 549
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 395/2009
- Decided
- 23 January 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
A !3 . Motor Vehicles Act, 1988- s.166- Death of 24 year old person in motor accident - Claim for compensation - Claim C that deceased was getting salary of Rs.2,5001- p.m. - No evidence to substantiate the claim - MACT fixed the notional income of deceased at Rs.1,5001- p.m. and awarded Rs.1.83 High Court fixed the income of deceased at Rs.2,5001- per month and awarded D compensation of Rs.4.05 lacs - Held: High Court did not indicate any reason to fix the income at Rs.2,5001- p.m. though it deducted one-third for personal expenses - In the peculiar facts and circumstances of the
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)