Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1098 · Decided 17 October 2022
Sarup Singh @ Ram Sarup v. Hdfc Ergo General Insurance Company LTD. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1098 · [2022] 14 S.C.R. 1008
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7283/2022
- Decided
- 17 October 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, C.T. RAVIKUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Compensation - Fatal accident - Tribunal considered notional income of the deceased at Rs.10,000 per month and awarded compensation of Rs.20.64 lacs - High Court reduced compensation to Rs.11.34 lacs by per month - High Court also reduced rate of interest from 9% to 6% p.a. - Appeal by claimants against reduction of compensation - Held: The amount awarded by the High Court can be said to be on lower side - While awarding the loss of dependency, the High Court did not
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