Supreme Court of India

Manasvi Jain v. Delhi Transport Corporation Ltd. & Ors

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Reported as [2014] 5 S.C.R. 573
Bench P. Sathasivam, Ranjan Gogoi and N.V. Ramana JJ.
Decided 23 April 2014

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 - Compensation in case of fatal accident - Assessment of income of the deceased - Held: While ascertaining the income of the deceased, any deductions shown in the salary certificate towards GPF, life insurance premium, repayments of loans etc., should not be excluded from the income - The deduction towards income tax/surcharge alone should be considered to arrive at the net income of the deceased. The father of the appellant died in motor accident. He was aged 55 years on the date of accident and was working as Executive Engineer with the PWD and was earning

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