Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 2 · Decided 6 January 2009
Syed Basheer Ahamed & ORS. v. MOHD. Jameel & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 2 · [2009] 1 S.C.R. 14
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10/2009
- Decided
- 6 January 2009
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 166, 168
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss. 166 and 168 - Claim of .. I"' Compensation - For fatal accident"- Claimant showing c earning of the deceased as Rs. 20, 000 PM from his business - Tribunal determining the Compensationtaking the monthly income of the deceased as Rs. 7, 0001 - and deducting - High Court reduced the compensation amount taking the income of the D deceased as Rs. 4, 0001- - On appeal, held : Tribunal has discretion to determine just compensation - While " determining just compensation, it is necessary to ascertain the net income of the deceased available for
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