Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 626 · Decided 7 May 1996
U.P. State Road Transport Corporation and ORS. v. Trilok Chandra and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 626 · [1996] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 443
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7760/1996
- Decided
- 7 May 1996
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, N.P. SINGH, M.K. MUKHERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 110, 163, 168
Headnote
B Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 : Section 110-B. Fatal accident-'Just' compensation-Detennination of-Held : multi­ plier method to be applied-To bring unifonnity and certainty of the awards C made all over the country. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 : Sections 163-A, 163-B, 165-A, 168 and second : Second D Schedule suffered from several defects in calculation of compensa­ tion-Neither Tribunals nor Courts could go by ready reckonei-lt could only be used as guide-Selection of multiplier not solely dependent on Age of deceased. The respondent, aged 26 years, was knocked down by an
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