Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 814 · Decided 9 December 2013
Puttamma & ORS. v. K. L. Narayana Reddy & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 814 · [2013] 16 S.C.R. 831
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10918/2013
- Decided
- 9 December 2013
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166, 163A, 171
Headnote
A B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s.166 - Accidenr claim - Award of compensation - Use of multiplier method - Selection C of mu/tip-lier based on age group of the deceased/victim - Split multiplier method - Applicability of - Held: The 1988 Act does no(envisage application of split multiplier - specific reason and evidence on record, Tribunal or Court should not apply split multiplier in routine course and D should apply multiplier as per decision of Supreme Court in the case of Sar/a Verma as affirmed in the case of Reshma Kumari. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988- ss.163A and 166- Principles
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