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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