Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 131 · Decided 17 February 2011
P. S. Somanathan and ORS. v. District Insurance Officer and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 131 · [2011] 4 S.C.R. 367
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1891/2011
- Decided
- 17 February 2011
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166, 163A
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss. 166 and 163A - Motor accident - Compensation claim - Quantum of compensation A B - Fixation of - Appropriate multiplier - In the present case, C the original claim petition had been filed by the mother and brother of the deceased and the deceased was 33 years died in the accident - The deceased was looking after the entire family - Tribunal calculated compensation by considering a multiplier of 16 - High Court, however, held that D the deceased's mother was the real legal representative and others could not claim to be the legal representatives of the
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