Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1102 · Decided 17 October 2022
Manusha Sreekumar & ORS. v. The United India Insurance CO. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1102 · [2022] 18 S.C.R. 455
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7593/2022
- Decided
- 17 October 2022
- Bench
- SURYA KANT, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 57; Motor Vehicles Act Section 168
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Compensation- Income of deceased, fixed considering minimum wages notification - Indian Evidence Act, 1872 - s.57 - Kerala Motor Transport Workers' Payment of Fair Wages Act, 1971 - s.2 - Deceased met with a fatal accident offending car was insured by respondent-Insurance Company - Tribunal fixed the total compensation of loss of dependency along with other heads at Rs. 32,39,000/- - High Court reduced the compensation to Rs. 19,70,000/- - On appeal, held: There exists sufficient evidence
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