Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 204 · Decided 25 March 2014
SMT. Savita v. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 204 · [2014] 3 S.C.R. 810
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4001/2014
- Decided
- 25 March 2014
- Bench
- GYAN SUDHA MISRA, PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988: C s. 166 -- Fatal motor accident - Compensation --Tribunal and High Court ignoring to award compensation towards future prospects -- Awarding meager amounts under heads --"loss of consortium" and "funeral expenses"- Held: At the time of fixing such to grant just compensation -- It is the duty of court to equate, as far as possible, the misery on account of accident with compensation so that the injured or dependants should not face vagaries of life on account of discontinuance of income earned by victim -- Therefore, it will E be
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