Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 368 · Decided 5 August 2003
State of Haryana and ANR. v. Jasbir Kaur and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 368 · [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 245
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5523/2003
- Decided
- 5 August 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166, 168
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988--Section 166-Motor accident-Death of agriculturist-Compensation-Claim of Rs. 10 /akh-Award of Rs. 6.5 /akh A B with 9% interest by courts below-Plea that assessment of income of deceased C was presumptuous without any evidence-Held: Compensation should be just and peculiar or special features-Income cannot be estimated without any material to justify the estimation-Normal rule of deprivation of income is not strictly applicable to the cases where agricultural income is the source-Jn the facts of the case compensation/or Rs. 4,34,000 D with interest
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