Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 568 · Decided 27 October 2003
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay v. Shri Laxman Iyer and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 568 · [2003] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 984
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8424/2003
- Decided
- 27 October 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 110
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1939: Sections 110-A and 110-B. Accident-Claims petition-Compensation-Fixing of-Contributory Negligence-Effect of-Held: If contributory negligence is proved, Court C empowered to apportion loss between the parties appropriately. Compensation-Determination of-Age of the the age oj the claimants as well, which are relevant factors in case parents or other D dependents are claimants. E Compensation-Multiplier method of quantification of-Relevant factors-Held : (i) age of deceased, (ii) marital status of deceased, (iii) separate income of claimants and their
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