Supreme Court of India

Smt. Meena Pawaia & Ors. v. Ashraf Ali & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 10 S.C.R. 1009
Bench M. R. Shah and Sanjiv Khanna JJ.
Decided 18 November 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, t he present appeal succeeds in part.

Judgment, page 12

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.168 – Just compensation – Fatal accident – Victim-deceased aged 21-22 years at the time of a ccident and Third year student in civil engineering – When the deceased died at the young age 21-22 years and was not earning at the tim e of death/accident, the income for the purpose of de termining the future economic loss is always done on the basis of guesswork considering many circumstances namely the education al qualification and background of the family, etc. – Deceased was having a bright future studying in the Third year of civil engineering, his income ought to

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