Supreme Court of India
United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Satinder Kaur @ Satwinder Kaur & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid analysis, we proceed t o record our conclusions: … 686 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2020] 5 S.C.R. 59.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Motor vehicle accident – Death – Compensation – Computation of – Person living in Qatar since 1984 was visiting India in Nov. 1998 when he met with an accident whil e riding a scooter, with his wife as pillion rider, wi th a Maruti car coming from opposite direction – Tribunal calculate d the compensation at Rs.1,90,000 with interest @ 9% p.a. – High ourt computed the total compensation at Rs.96,78,000 with interest @ 7.5% p.a. – Held: In the absence of any other evidenc e produced by the Claimants, the income of the deceased computed by taking his base salary at
Authorities it was built on
- 2009 Smt. Sarla Verma & Ors. v. Delhi Transport Corporation & Anr.
- 2017 National Insurance Company Limited v. Pranay Sethi and Ors.
- 1996 U.P. State Road Transport Corporation and Ors. v. Trilok Chandra and Ors.
- 2015 Munnalal Jain and Another v. Vipin Kumar Sharmaano Others
- 2005 New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Charlie and Anr.
- 2019 M/s. Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Ltd. v. Mandala Yadagari Goud & Ors.
- 2018 Sube Singh and Anr. v. Shyam Singh (dead) and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
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