Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 311 · Decided 23 April 2014
Manasvi Jain v. Delhi Transport Corporation LTD. & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 311 · [2014] 5 S.C.R. 573
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7642/2009
- Decided
- 23 April 2014
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI, N.V. RAMANA (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 - Compensation in case A B of fatal accident - Assessment of income of the deceased - C Held: While ascertaining the income of the deceased, any deductions shown in the salary certificate towards GPF, life insurance premium, repayments of loans etc., should not income - The deduction towards income tax/surcharge alone should be considered to arrive at the net D income of the deceased. The father of the appellant died in motor accident. He was aged 55 years on the date of accident and was working as Executive Engineer with the PWD and was E earning
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