Supreme Court of India
Hitesh Nagjibhai Patel v. Bababhai Nagjibhai Rabari & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid, the compensation now payable to the claimant-appellant would be recalculated as under: CALCULATION OF COMPENSATION Compensation Heads Amount Awarded In Accordance with: Monthly Income Rs.6,836/- Baby Sakshi Greola v.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the courts below failed to award compensation under the head loss of earnings to the minor appellant; and whether the High Court erred in granting an adequate amount of compensation under pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages. Headnotes† Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 – Compensation – Enhancement – Appellant-minor aged 8 years suffered permanent disability in a road accident – Tribunal awarded compensation of Rs. 3.90 lakh – High Court enhanced it to Rs. 8.65 lakhs – Interference: Held: Minor child who suffers death or permanent disability in a motor vehicle
Authorities it was built on
- 2017 National Insurance Company Limited v. Pranay Sethi and Ors.
- 2020 Kajal v. Jagdish Chand & Ors.
- 2013 Master Mallikarjun v. Divisional Manager, the National Insurance Company Limited & Anr.
- 2022 Sidram v. The Divisional Manager, United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and Anr.
- 2022 Master Ayush v. The Branch Manager, Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr.
- 2022 Mohd. Sabeer @ Shabir Hussain v. Regional Manager, U. P. State Road Transport Corporation
Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Shankar Dutt v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
- 2026 Gayatree Pattnaik for Shreejita Pattnaik v. Arundhati Sahoo
- 2026 Hansraj v. Mukesh Nath
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