Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 750 · Decided 18 November 2021
SMT. Meena Pawaia & ORS. v. Ashraf Ali & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 750 · [2021] 10 S.C.R. 1009
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6724/2021
- Decided
- 18 November 2021
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, SANJIV KHANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 168
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.168 - Just compensation - Fatal accident - Victim-deceased aged 21-22 years at the time of accident and Third year student in civil engineering - When the deceased died at the young age 21-22 years and was not earning at the time of of determining the future economic loss is always done on the basis of guesswork considering many circumstances namely the educational qualification and background of the family, etc. - Deceased was having a bright future studying in the Third year of civil engineering, his income ought
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