Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 137 · Decided 18 February 2011
Sri K.R. Madhusudhan & ORS. v. The Administrative Officer & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 137 · [2011] 2 S.C.R. 1061
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1923/2011
- Decided
- 18 February 2011
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
A B Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 166 - Fatal accident.- · Deceased aged 53 years of age and working as a Senior Assistant in the State Electricity Board - Claim petition by his C three sons and paternal grand-mother - Tribunal applied a multiplier of 11 and awarded tot.al compensation of with interest@ 9% p.a. - High Court, however, reduced the compensation by adopting a split multiplier of 6 - On appeal, held: High Court introduced the concept of split D multiplier and departed from the multiplier used by the Tribunal without disclosing any reason therefor - It also did
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