Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 767 · Decided 9 November 2010
Shakti Devi v. New India Insurance CO. LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 767 · [2010] 13 S.C.R. 574
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3660/2006
- Decided
- 9 November 2010
- Bench
- AFTAB ALAM, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
13 (ADDL.) S.C.R. 574 SHAKTI DEVI V. NEW INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD. & ANR. (Civil Appeal No. 3660 of 2006) NOVEMBER 09, 2010 [AFTAB ALAM AND R.M. LODHA, JJ.) Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 166 - Compensation - Claim for - Fatal motor accident - Deceased aged 22 years C - Tribunal awarding Rs. by High Court - On appeal held: Deceased was 22 years old and was not married, D and was earning about Rs. 1,0001- p.m. - Evidence on record that deceased would have got government job in future - In view of the facts, taking annual loss of dependency as Rs. 12, 0001- and applying multiplier of
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