Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 535 · Decided 7 September 2020
The New India Assurance Company Limited v. SMT. Somwati and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 535 · [2020] 10 S.C.R. 1132
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3093/2020
- Decided
- 7 September 2020
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, R. SUBHASH REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Motor Vehicles - Accident - Claims - Compensation - Consortium - Appeals filed by Insurance Companies questioning the judgments of the High Courts arising out of the award by MACT with regard to the compensation awarded in favour of i.e. 'loss of consortium' and 'loss of love and affection' - The appellants submitted that the amount granted under the head 'loss of love and affection' is wholly without jurisdiction and that National Insurance Company Ltd. v. Pranay Sethi and Ors.
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