Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 1068 · Decided 31 October 2017
National Insurance Company Limited v. Pranay Sethi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 1068 · [2017] 13 S.C.R. 100
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 25590/2014
- Decided
- 31 October 2017
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, A.K. SIKRI, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR, ASHOK BHUSHAN (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 141; Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act. 1988 ss. 163-A. 166 and 168 - Computation of compensation - Determination of multiplicand -Determination of income o_fdeceased - Determination of reasonable figures on s. I 68 deals with concept ofjust compensation and the same is to be decided on the foundation of fairness. reasonableness and equitabilizv on acceptable legal standard - The determination has to he on the foundation of evidence as regards the age and income of deceased and !herea.fier apposite
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