Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 176 · Decided 26 March 2010
Manam Saraswathi Sampoorna Kalavathi & ORS. v. Manager, Apsrtc, Tadepalligudem A.P. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 176 · [2010] 3 S.C.R. 872
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2325/2010
- Decided
- 26 March 2010
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
C Motor Vehicles Act, 1988- s.166 and Schedule II - Fatal accident - Rash and negligent driving of offending vehicle alleged -FIR also lodged - PW-2, Pillion rider of the scooter driven by the deceased, deposing that deceased was driving the scooter cautiously offending vehicle was D driving in a rash and negligent manner - Claim for compensation -Tribunal holding that accident was caused due to rash and negligent driving and awarded Rs. four lakhs applying multiplier of 16 - High Court disbelieving the evidence of PW-2 held that accident was not due to
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