Supreme Court of India

The Divisional Controller, Ksrtc v. Mahadeva Shetty and Anr.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 14

Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.

Decided 31 July 2003

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988-Section 166-Motor Accident-Serious injury causing 100% disability--Compensation-Claim-Rs.2.20 lakhs awarded by c Tribunal-Enhanced by High Court to Rs.6.25 lakhs-On appeal, held: Under some heads compensation not justly determined by High Court-Compensation of Rs.4. 5 lakhs with interest of 9% would be adequate. Motor Accident-Compensation-Determination of-Held: Compensation must be 'just'-Expression just' denotes equitabi/ity,fairness, reasonableness and non arbitrariness-Measure of damages cannot be arrived at by precise mathematical calculations-It would depend on

Authorities it was built on

1995 R.D. Hattangadi v. Mis. Pest Control (india) Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. cited by 26

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2011 Arun Kumar Aggarwal v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors. relied on
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2022 State of Up through Secretary (excise) & Ors. v. M/s Mcdowell and Company Limited referred to
2011 Abhay Singh Chautala v. C.b.i mentioned
2008 G. Gnanam @ Gnanamoorthy v. Metropolitan Transport Corporation mentioned
2008 Dr. Rajbir Singh Dalal v. Chaudhari Devi Lal University, Sirsa & Anr. mentioned
2007 M/s. Girnar Traders v. St Ate of Maharashtra and Ors. mentioned
2007 State of U.P. and Ors. v. Jeet S. Bisht and Anr. mentioned
2006 State of Haryana v. Ranbir @ Rana mentioned
2005 Shin-etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. v. Aksh Optifibre Ltd. and Anr. mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 7 mentioned

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