Supreme Court of India

Santosh Devi v. National Insurance Company Ltd. and Others

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Reported as [2012] 3 S.C.R. 1178

Bench G.S. Singhvi and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.

Decided 23 April 2012

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 - Motor accident - Death of a self employed person aged 4q years - Claim petition - Dependents including 2 unemployed major sons - Benefit of increment in annual income - Deductions towards personal expenses 0 - Multiplier - Held: Keeping in view the challenges posed by high cost of living, the formula of 30% increase in the total income also deserves to be applied for calculating the amount of compensation of a self-employed person or a person engaged on fixed salary, who dies in a motor accident - Ordinarily, deductions towards personal expenses of such a

Authorities it was built on

1996 U.P. State Road Transport Corporation and Ors. v. Trilok Chandra and Ors. cited by 40
2001 M.S. Grewal and Anr. v. Deep Chand Sood and Ors. cited by 7
2001 Lata Wadhwa and Ors. v. State of Bihar and Ors. cited by 7
2009 R.K. Malik and Anr. v. Kiran Pal and Ors. cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2020 Pappu Deo Yadav v. Naresh Kumar and Ors. relied on
2015 Shashikala & Ors. v. Gangalakshmamma & Anr. relied on
2014 V. Mekala v. M. Malathi & Anr. relied on
2014 Smt. Savita v. Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 relied on
2014 Sanjay Verma v. Haryana Roadways relied on
2013 Sanobanu Nazirbhai Mirza & Ors. v. Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service relied on
2013 Minu Rout & Anr. v. Satya Pradyumna Mohapatra & Ors. relied on
2013 Vimal Kanwar & Ors. v. Kishore Dan & Ors. relied on
2012 New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Gopali & Ors. relied on
2026 V. Pathmavathi v. Bharthi Axa General Insurance Co. Ltd. referred to
2022 Sidram v. The Divisional Manager, United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Anr. referred to
2015 Munnalal Jain and Another v. Vipin Kumar Sharmaano Others referred to
2013 Rajesh & Others v. Rajbir Singh & Others explained

Of those, 9 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 explained

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