Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1258 · Decided 6 December 2022
SMT. Anjali & Ors v. Lokendra Rathod & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1258 · [2022] 16 S.C.R. 661
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 009014/2022
- Decided
- 6 December 2022
- Bench
- KRISHNA MURARI, BELA M. TRIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 168
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.168 - Fatal accident - Just and Fair Compensation - Claimants (the heirs and legal representative of the victim-deceased) sought compensation of Rs.20 Lakhs - Tribunal estimated the deceased's monthly income at Rs. 4000 and allowed the - High Court increased monthly income of deceased to Rs. 5000 and awarded compensation of Rs. 11,41,000 with interest - Hence instant appeal - Held: The Tribunal and the High Court both committed grave error while estimating the deceased's income by disregarding the
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