Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 511 · Decided 7 April 2025
The New India Assurance CO. LTD. v. Gopu & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 511 · [2025] 5 S.C.R. 169
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5300/2025
- Decided
- 7 April 2025
- Bench
- SUDHANSHU DHULIA, K. VINOD CHANDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Limitation Act Section 5, 6; Motor Vehicles Act Section 166
Headnote
Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court enhancing the compensation awarded to the claimants under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Limitation Act, 1963 - ss.5, 6 - Legal Disability - Death of wife in motor husband and two minor children - Tribunal awarded compensation - Thereagainst, after 10 years, children alone preferred appeal before High Court, wherein one child had attained majority five years back - High Court enhanced compensation - Correctness: Held: Appeal filed
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