Supreme Court of India

Sanjay Verma v. Haryana Roadways

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Reported as [2014] 1 S.C.R. 924

Bench P. Sathasivam, Cji. Ranjan Gogoi and Shiva Kirti Singh JJ.

Decided 29 January 2014

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the claimant is entitled to enhanced compensation as set out in the table below: SI. Head Amt. as per Amt. as No.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Motor Vehicles Act .. 1988: s.166 - Just compensation - Accident victim suffered paralysis below waist and could not perform his day to day needs such as latrine and urination on his own and required one person throughout his life to look after him - Tribunal awarded Rs. 3 Lacs under the heads ''loss of income''. "reimbursement of medical expenses" and ''pain and suffering" - On appeal, High Court adopted multiplier of 15 and quantified the amount towards "loss of income" at Rs. 6, 19, 5001- considering that he was self employed person and at the time of accident his annual income as per /TR

Authorities it was built on

2009 Smt. Sarla Verma & Ors. v. Delhi Transport Corporation & Anr. cited by 64
2010 Raj Kumar v. Ajay Kumar & Anr. cited by 32
2002 Nagappa v. Gurudayal Singh and Ors. cited by 17
2012 Santosh Devi v. National Insurance Company Ltd. and Others cited by 13
2013 Reshma Kumari and Ors. v. Madan Mohan and Anr. cited by 12
2009 Reshma Kumari and Others v. Madan Mohan and Another cited by 6
2010 Shakti Devi v. New India Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2022 Sidram v. The Divisional Manager, United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Anr. referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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