Supreme Court of India

Arvind Kumar Mishra v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. and Anr.

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Reported as [2010] 11 S.C.R. 857

Bench Aftab Alam and R.M. Lodha JJ.

Decided 29 September 2010

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11 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that he was entitled to a sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- on account of non pecuniary loss.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 166 - Compensation - Claim for - Motor accident of final year engineering student, aged 25 years - 70% permanent disability - Compensation of Rs. 2,50,000 with interest@ 9 % p.a. by tribunal - Enhanced to Rs. 3, 50, 0001- by High Court - On appeal held: Tribunal as well as High Court erred in not taking appropriate multiplier of an appropriate multplicand while assessing compensation - In view of the facts, taking multiplicand as Rs. 42,0001- p.a. and operative multiplier as 18, compensation is enhanced to Rs. 9,06,0001-with simple interest@ 9% p.a. - Claimant

Where later benches applied it

2020 Pappu Deo Yadav v. Naresh Kumar and Ors. relied on
2013 Dr. Balram Prasad v. Dr. Kunal Saha & Ors. relied on
2013 Smt. V. Sudha v. P. Ganapathi Bhat & Anr. relied on
2012 Subulaxmi v. M.D., Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation relied on
2012 K. Suresh v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. and Anr relied on
2010 Raj Kumar v. Ajay Kumar & Anr. relied on
2022 Sidram v. The Divisional Manager, United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Anr. referred to
2019 M.R. Krishna Murthi v. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. & Others referred to
2018 Jagdish v. Mohan & Ors. referred to
2018 Icici Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ajay Kumar Mohanty & Anr. referred to
2016 Pooja Pal v. Union of India and Ors. referred to

Of those, 6 relied on · 5 referred to

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