Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 701 · Decided 11 July 2022
S. Chandrasekharan & ORS. v. M. Dinakar & Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 701 · [2022] 12 S.C.R. 288
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4688/2022
- Decided
- 11 July 2022
- Bench
- DINESH MAHESHWARI, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166, 168
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 166, 168 - Compensation - Enhancement of - Accident occurred which resulted into death of wife of appellant - Claim was lodged by the appellant before the Tribunal - Tribunal awarded compensation of Rs. 36,92,350/- and as at the the deceased was unemployed, the monthly income of deceased was calculated on basis of her husband's income (following the judgment of Arun Kumar Agrawal and anothers) - However, the High Court considered the deceased's salary in a job where she was engaged three years prior to
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