Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 844 · Decided 8 December 2021
Rasmita Biswal & ORS. v. Divisional Manager, National Insurance Company LTD. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 844 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 433
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7549/2021
- Decided
- 8 December 2021
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, KRISHNA MURARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Motor Vehicles Act Section 173
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Fatal accident - Compensation - Victim-deceased aged 33 years died in motor accident - Evidence on record that he was working as supervisor and his monthly salary was Rs.15,000 - Tribunal adopted multiplier '16' one-fourth of the income towards the personal expenses of the deceased, awarded a total compensation of Rs.21,60,000/- towards loss of dependency and a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- under other conventional heads - However, High Court, without assigning any reason modified the award of the
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