Supreme Court of India

Jitendra Khimshankar Trivedi & Ors. v. Kasam Daud Kumbhar & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 2 S.C.R. 120
Bench V. Gopalagowdaand R. Banumathi J.
Decided 3 February 2015

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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

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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