Supreme Court of India
Subulaxmi v. M.D., Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation
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What the Court ordered
Accordingly we direct that the interest A on the differential enhanced sum shall carry interest at the rate 9% per annum from the date of filing of the claim petition till the date of deposit of the same before the tribunal.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 166 - Motor accident - Amputation of left leg and right foot of victim - Claim for compensation - Claimant aged 30 years and earning Rs. 18,000 per annum - Tribunal granting Rs. 2,00,0001- as compensation with 9% interest - High Court enhancing the compensation amount to Rs. 2, 75, 0001- - But did not grant any compensation on the head permanent disability and also denied interest on the enhanced amount - On appeal, held: Denial of compensation on the head permanent disability by the High Court is impermissible - High Court also erred in not granting interest on
Authorities it was built on
- 2009 Smt. Sarla Verma & Ors. v. Delhi Transport Corporation & Anr.
- 2010 Raj Kumar v. Ajay Kumar & Anr.
- 1995 R.D. Hattangadi v. Mis. Pest Control (india) Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.
- 2003 Abati Bezbaruah v. Director General Geological Survey of India and Anr.
- 2009 Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences v. Prasanath S. Dhananka & Ors.
- 2010 Arvind Kumar Mishra v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. and Anr.
- 2009 Reshma Kumari and Others v. Madan Mohan and Another
- 1990 Ramesh Chandra v. Randhir Singh and Ors.
- 2011 B. Kothandapani v. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Ltd.
Where later benches applied it
- 2018 Icici Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ajay Kumar Mohanty & Anr.
- 2018 Jagdish v. Mohan & Ors.
Of those, 2 referred to
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