Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1267 · Decided 9 December 2022
Rajwati @ Rajjo & ORS. v. United India Insurance Company LTD. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1267 · [2022] 17 S.C.R. 845
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8179/2022
- Decided
- 9 December 2022
- Bench
- KRISHNA MURARI, S. RAVINDRA BHAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 - Compensation - In the instant case, two persons died (on spot) of injuries suffered by the accident caused by the truck driven in a rash and negligent manner - Appellants (dependents of the deceased persons) filed claim Accident Claim Tribunal - Tribunal awarded compensation to the appellants but on appeal by insurance company before the High Court, the High Court reduced the quantum of compensation by relying upon the contention of insurance company that the salary certificate and pay slip of the
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