Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 181 · Decided 23 April 2012
Santosh Devi v. National Insurance Company LTD. and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 181 · [2012] 3 S.C.R. 1178
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3723/2012
- Decided
- 23 April 2012
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 - Motor accident - Death of a self employed person aged 4q years - Claim petition - Dependents including 2 unemployed major sons - Benefit of increment in annual income - Deductions towards personal expenses 0 - Multiplier - Held: Keeping in view high cost of living, the formula of 30% increase in the total income also deserves to be applied for calculating the amount of compensation of a self-employed person or a person engaged on fixed salary, who dies in a motor accident - Ordinarily, deductions towards personal expenses of such a E
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