Supreme Court of India
A.V. Padma & Ors. v. R. Venugopal & Ors
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the Tribunal ought to have allowed the prayer of the appellants.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988: Compensation - Disbursement of - Case of Susamma c Thomas, explained - Held: Sufficient discretion has been given to the Tribunal not to insist on investment of the compensation amount in long term fixed deposit and to release even the whole amount in the case of literate persons - The guidelines were not to be understood to mean that the 0 Tribunals were to take a rigid stand while considering an application seeking release of the money - The guidelines cast a responsibility on the Tribunals to pass appropriate orders after examining each case on its own merits -
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