Supreme Court of India
M/s. Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Ltd. v. Mandala Yadagari Goud & Ors.
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Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Accident – Calculation of a multiplier – Where there is death of a person, who is a bachelor, in t hat case the multiplier is to be calculated on basis of the age of dece ased or age of the dependents – Appellant contended that it is the age of the dependents which has to be taken into account – Held: This iss ue is settled by the judgments of three Judge Bench of Suprem e Court in Sube Singh & Anr. v. Shyam Singh (Dead) & Ors., Munna Lal Jain & Anr. v. Vipin Kumar Sharma & Ors., Reshma Kumari & Ors. v. Madan Mohan & Anr. and also judgment of the Constitution Bench in National
Authorities it was built on
- 2009 Smt. Sarla Verma & Ors. v. Delhi Transport Corporation & Anr.
- 2013 Reshma Kumari and Ors. v. Madan Mohan and Anr.
- 2015 Munnalal Jain and Another v. Vipin Kumar Sharmaano Others
- 2007 Smt. Manjuri Bera v. The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. and Anr.
- 2007 New India Assurance Company Ltd. v. Smt. Shanti Pathak and Ors.
- 2018 Sube Singh and Anr. v. Shyam Singh (dead) and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Haresh Shantilal Avlani & Anr v. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.
- 2020 United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Satinder Kaur @ Satwinder Kaur & Ors.
- 2022 R. Valli & Ors v. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Ltd.
- 2019 Kunjan Sadana & Anr. v. Mahesh Kumar & Ors
- 2019 Smt. Sunita Tokas & Anr. v. New India Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr.
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 mentioned
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