Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 42 · Decided 19 January 2018
Shri Nagar Mal and ORS. v. The Oriental Insurance Company LTD. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 42 · [2018] 1 S.C.R. 283
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 448/2018
- Decided
- 19 January 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Motor Vehicles - Motor Accident Claim - 20 year old son of appellant died in an accident - Claims Tribunal (MACT) adopted income of the deceased to be Rs.6,000/-p.m - It applied a multiplier of 11 on the basis of the age of the parents of the of Rs.4,31,000/- - High Court declined to interfere with the award of the Tribunal - On appeal, held: Tribunal gave cogent reasons for declining claim of the appellant that deceased was earning Rs.15,000/- per month - Correct multiplier would be 17 based on the age of the
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