Supreme Court of India

Haresh Shantilal Avlani & Anr v. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.

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Reported as [2024] 3 S.C.R. 1009
Bench Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah JJ.
Decided 12 March 2024

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Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to fixing of the age of the deceased for applying a multiplier for the purposes of computing the compensation payable to the claimants. Headnotes Motor Vehicles Act, 1986 – Compensation – Determination of – Calculation of multiplier, on basis of the age of the deceased or the age of the dependents: Held: It is the age of the deceased which ought to be taken into consideration and not the age of the dependents for arriving at the multiplier – High Court erred in returning findings to the effect that the age of dependents of the deceased ought to be the

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