Supreme Court of India
Jitendra Khimshankar Trivedi & Ors. v. Kasam Daud Kumbhar & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that in a case of this nature, we should, in exercise of our extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constit.ution of India, direct Respondent 1 to pay the amount of claim to the appellants herein and recover the same from the owner of the vehicle viz.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s. 166 - Compensation - Fatal accident due to rash and negligent driving - Deceased aged 22 years, a housewife and doing embroidery and knitting work - Tribunal assessed the income of the deceased at Rs. 1500 p.m. -After deducting 113rd for personal expenses and after adopting multiplier of 18, tribunal calculated the loss of dependency at Rs. 2. 16 lacs - Driver/owner of offending 0 vehicle filed appeal - High Court partly allowed the appeal taking the income of the deceased at Rs. 1350 p. m. and deducting 1/3rd for personal expenses, held the claimants entitled to
Authorities it was built on
- 2002 Nagappa v. Gurudayal Singh and Ors.
- 2009 Ningamma & Anr. v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
- 2013 Rajesh & Others v. Rajbir Singh & Others
- 2010 Arun Kumar Agrawal and Another v. National Insurance Company and Others
- 2009 Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Mohd. Nasir and Anr.
- 2007 Oriental Insurance Co.lid. v. Brij Mohan and Ors.
- 2007 Deddappa & Ors. v. The Branch Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd.
- 2013 Jiju Kuruvila & Ors. v. Kunjujamma Mohan & Ors
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Hyundai Motor India Limited v. Shailendra Bhatnagar
- 2020 Ramkhiladi & Anr. v. The United India Insurance Company & Anr.
Of those, 2 referred to
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