Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 798 · Decided 12 May 2009
Oriental Insurance CO. LTD. v. Deo Patodi and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 798 · [2009] 8 S.C.R. 791
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3482/2009
- Decided
- 12 May 2009
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
• Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 166 - Fatal accident of a 22 year old student having brilliant career - Claim for compensation by his parents - Tribunal awarding c compensation estimating his monthly income at Rs. 18, 0001 Dependency of parents calculated at 113 of his income - Cross appeals income, while holding the dependency as 213 of the income - On appeal, held: Income of the deceased should have been D estimated at Rs. 25, 0001- pm - Deduction of 113 of the income justified. Respondents-claimants filed a petition uls. 166 of ~ Motor Vehicles act, 1988 for the death of their
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