Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 288 · Decided 8 July 2002
United India Insurance CO. LTD. ETC. ETC. v. Patrica Jean Mahajan and ORS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 288 · [2002] 3 S.C.R. 1176
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3655/2002
- Decided
- 8 July 2002
- Bench
- D.P. MOHAPATRA, BRIJESH KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Second Schedule and Section /63A-Motor accident-Death- C Compensation-Multiplier-Deviation from-Permissibility of-Held, ordinarily provisions contained in Second Schedule may be taken as a guide­ But in. case where gap of income is wide, deviation from the multiplier multiplier can be applied to a heavy amount of f!IUltiplicand. D Compensation-Deduction on accoun~ of receipts under the Insurance Policy and other receipts under social security system-Whether perrnissible­ H~ld, such deduction for balancing losses and gains by reason of death, to arrive at
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