Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 170 · Decided 10 February 2022
R. Valli & Ors v. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 170 · [2022] 1 S.C.R. 570
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1269/2022
- Decided
- 10 February 2022
- Bench
- HEMANT GUPTA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Fatal accident - Compensation - Multiplier - Deceased was aged 54 years on the date of accident - Tribunal applied multiplier of 3 upto the date of superannuation and thereafter multiplier of 8 keeping in of life for 10 years - High Court affirmed the order of Tribunal - On appeal, held: In Pranay Sethi, it was held that it is the age of the deceased which is basis for applying suitable multiplier and that the compensation is to be determined keeping in view the future prospects
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