Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 200 · Decided 14 February 2019
Sunita & ORS. v. Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 200 · [2019] 3 S.C.R. 329
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1665/2019
- Decided
- 14 February 2019
- Bench
- A.M. KHANWILKAR, AJAY RASTOGI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Fatal accident - Award of compensation - Victim-Government School teacher riding a motorcycle, met with a fatal accident, in collision with a bus, rashly and negligently driven by respondent no.2 and owned by respondent no.1 - Pillion rider also compensation of Rs.48,33,235/- jointly and severally to the appellants and the parents of the victim, along with interest after deduction of income tax from the calculated income - High Court set aside the tribunal's judgment - On appeal, held: High Court reversed the well
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