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Kajal v. Jagdish Chand & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 3 S.C.R. 622
Bench L. Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 5 February 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we award a sum of Rs.62,27,000/- to the claimant under the following heads : S.No.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Just compensation – Pers onal injury cases – Victim (minor) was travelling on a tra ctor with her parents when it was hit by a truck – She suffered se rious injuries resulting in damage to her brain – Disability was assesse d as 100% – Disability certificate stated that as per assessment he r I.Q. is less than 20% of a child of her age and her social age is only of a 9 month old child – Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) awarded Rs.11,08,501/- and held that since there was violati on of terms of policy, the insurance company would pay the amount but would be

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 4 relied on · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned

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