Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 438 · Decided 18 June 2020
Rajendra Singh and Others v. National Insurance Company Limited and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 438 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 579
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2624/2020
- Decided
- 18 June 2020
- Bench
- NAVIN SINHA, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Accident - Enhancement of compensation - Victims, a housewife and her minor daughter, were travelling in a horse cart, which was hit by a bus resulting in their death - The Tribunal awarded a total sum of Rs. 3,54,500/- for the housewife and Rs. 1,60,000/- for the of compensation dismissed by the High Court - On appeal, held: Deduction of 50% made by the Tribunal towards contributory negligence while calculating the award is totally unjustified and unsustainable since no fault can be attributed to the deceased as they were passengers, not the
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