Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 350 · Decided 23 August 2012
Rebeka Minz and ORS. v. Divisional Manager, United India Insurance CO. LTD. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 350 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 381
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5399/2012
- Decided
- 23 August 2012
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
A B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Accidental death - Quantum C of compensation - Appropriate multiplier - Rate of interest payable - Held: Since the deceased was stated to be 35 years old at the time of his death, the multiplier would be 16 which has to the compensation - The Tribunal had found that after deducting 113rd of personal D expenses, the monthly income of the deceased was Rs. 7, 0001 - and the net contribution to the family was ascertained at Rs. 84, 0001- p. a - Applying the multiplier of 16, the compensation works out to Rs.
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