Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1293 · Decided 6 November 2025
Preetha Krishnan & ORS. v. The United India Insurance CO. LTD. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1293 · [2025] 11 S.C.R. 487
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 9753/2025
- Decided
- 6 November 2025
- Bench
- SANJAY KAROL, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Grievance of the claimant-appellants is w.r.t the application of split multiplier by the High Court, causing a significant reduction in the total compensation, as awarded by the Tribunal, vis-à-vis, the Act, 1988 - Motor Accident Claim - Compensation - Calculation of - Application of split multiplier - Impermissibility - Deceased, an Assistant Engineer in the PWD, aged 51 years died in a car accident - Appellants (wife and children of the deceased)
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