Supreme Court of India
Sunil Sharma & Ors. v. Bachitar Singh & Ors
INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.
1 Supreme Court bench has cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
We hold that as the deceased was married, a dedu'ction of 1/3rd should be made to her income by way of persdnal expenses.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988: c Fatal motor accident - Claim petition - Compensation - Computation of income of deceased - Deductions - Multiplier - Compensation towards revision in pay, loss of love and affection and consortium - Held : Deduction from the income of deceased towards HRA, CCA, EPF, GIS, 0 medical allowance should not have been made by Tribunal - As deceased was married, 1/3rd should be deducted from her income towards personal expenses - Annual income of deceased, thus, calculated to Rs. 1,89,6401--Addition of 30% by way of future prospects allowed - Deceased being 41 years of
Authorities it was built on
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 1 mentioned
Sign in free to read it
- The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
- The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
- Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
- Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
- Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
An email address, no password.