Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 909 · Decided 23 September 2016
Reliance General Insurance CO. LTD. v. Shashi Sharma & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 909 · [2016] 6 S.C.R. 488
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9654/2016
- Decided
- 23 September 2016
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, PRAFULLA C. PANT, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 167, 168
Headnote
Compensation - Fatal accident - In motor accident - Of employee covered under Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the Dependants of the Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 - Compensation under Motor Vehicles Act granted after deducting the amount under 2006 Rules - High Court held that the amount paid under 2006 Rules could not have been deducted - On appeal, held: In the matter of determination of compensation under 1988 Act, the two cardinal principles are that it must be just and adequate and that no double benefit should be
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