Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 61 · Decided 29 January 2014
Sanjay Verma v. Haryana Roadways
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 61 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 924
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5256/2008
- Decided
- 29 January 2014
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act .. 1988: s.166 - Just compensation - C Accident victim suffered paralysis below waist and could not perform his day to day needs such as latrine and urination on his own and required one person throughout his life to look after him - Tribunal awarded Rs. 3 Lacs under the heads of medical expenses" and ''pain D and suffering" - On appeal, High Court adopted multiplier of 15 and quantified the amount towards "loss of income" at Rs. 6, 19, 5001- considering that he was self employed person and at the time of accident his annual income as
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