Supreme Court of India

Manusha Sreekumar & Ors. v. The United India Insurance Co. Ltd.

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Reported as [2022] 18 S.C.R. 455
Bench Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 17 October 2022

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 – Compensation– Income of deceased, fixed considering minimum wages notificati on – Indian Evidence Act, 1872 – s.57 – Kerala Motor Transport Workers’ Payment of Fair Wages Act, 1971 – s.2 – Deceased met with a fatal accident in 2015 while riding his motorcycle, offen ding car was insured by respondent-Insurance Company – Tribunal fixed the t otal compensation of loss of dependency along with other head s at Rs. 32,39,000/- – High Court reduced the compensation t o Rs. 19,70,000/- – On appeal, held: There exists sufficien t evidence to show that the Deceased was a

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