Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 200 · Decided 2 April 2013

Reshma Kumari and ORS. v. Madan Mohan and ANR.

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2013 INSC 200 · [2013] 2 S.C.R. 706
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 4646/2009
Decided
2 April 2013
Bench
RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, JASTI CHELAMESWAR, MADAN B. LOKUR (3-judge bench)
Outcome
Reference answered
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Motor Vehicles Act Section 166

Headnote

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s. 166 - Motor accident - Compensation - Computation of - Multiplier - Additional income for future prospects - Deduction towards income tax as also personal expenses - Held: It is high time that the courts move to a standard method D of selection of multiplier, income and deduction for personal and living expenses - In the applications for compensation made uls 166 in death cases where the age of deceased is 15 years and above, Claims Tribunals shall select the multiplier as indicated in Column E (4) of the table prepared in Sar/a Verma read with the

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