Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 440 · Decided 4 July 2011
National Insurance CO. LTD. v. Shyam Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 440 · [2011] 7 S.C.R. 810
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4921/2011
- Decided
- 4 July 2011
- Bench
- MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, ANIL R. DAVE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 163A
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 163A; Second Schedule - C Motor accident - Qeath of 19 year old unmarried young man - Compensati9n,..claim by his parents - Determination of multiplier - ffeld: Choice of multiplier is determined by the age of the deceased or claimants whichever is higher - In this in an accident leaving D behind aged parents :- Multiplier applied keeping in view the average age of the deceased's parents. Respondent No. 3 and 4 are parents of a 19 year old boy who died in a motor accident. They filed claim petition stating that the deceased was a young man of robust E
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