Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 17 · Decided 8 January 2020
Mohammed Siddique & ANR. v. National Insurance Company LTD. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 17 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 931
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 79/2020
- Decided
- 8 January 2020
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 128
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Compensation - The son of the appellants died as a result of the injuries sustained in a road traffic accident - The victim was one of the pillion riders on a motor cycle and he was thrown off the vehicle when a car hit the motor cycle from behind was caused due to the rash and negligent driving of the car and arrived at an amount of Rs. 11,66,800/- as the total compensation payable - This finding was confirmed by the High Court, though with a rider that the victim was guilty of contributory negligence, in as much as there were
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