Supreme Court of India

Manam Saraswathi Sampoorna Kalavathi & Ors. v. Manager, Apsrtc, Tadepalligudem A.P. & Anr.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2010] 3 S.C.R. 872
Bench Dalveer Bhandari and K.S. Radhakrishnan JJ.
Decided 26 March 2010

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988- s.166 and Schedule II - Fatal accident - Rash and negligent driving of offending vehicle alleged -FIR also lodged - PW-2, Pillion rider of the scooter driven by the deceased, deposing that deceased was driving the scooter cautiously and driver of the offending vehicle was driving in a rash and negligent manner - Claim for compensation -Tribunal holding that accident was caused due to rash and negligent driving and awarded Rs. four lakhs applying multiplier of 16 - High Court disbelieving the evidence of PW-2 held that accident was not due to rash and negligent

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