Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 209 · Decided 7 March 2017
National Insurance CO. LTD. v. Rekhaben & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 209 · [2017] 2 S.C.R. 691
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8867/2012
- Decided
- 7 March 2017
- Bench
- S.A. BOBDE, L. NAGESWARA RAO (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 163A, 166, 168
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: ss.163A, 166, 168 - Compensation - Salary received by the claimants from compassionate appointment whether deductible from the award of compensation made in favour of the claimants - Held: Compensation is awarded on the basis of the entire loss of income of the deceased income due to the injury - The income from compassionate appointment offered to the dependants of the deceased or the injured. by ihe e111ployer of the deceased/ Injured, who is not the tort feasor, cannot be deducted from the· compensation receivable by him on account of the accident from
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