Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 43 · Decided 19 January 2018
Ramrao Lala Borse and Anr v. New India Assurance Company LTD. and Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 43 · [2018] 1 S.C.R. 190
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 418/2018
- Decided
- 19 January 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 - Fatal accident of a 29 years old bachelor - Claim for compensation by his parents (agd 65 and 50 years) - Tribunal, on the basis of age of the deceased adopted multiplier of - High Court reduced the compensation amount, adopting multiplier of 7 on the basis of the age of claimants - Appeal by the claimants - Held: The correct multiplier to be applied in the present case would be 17, having regard to the age of the deceased - Compensation
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