Supreme Court of India

Fakeerappa and Anr. v. Karnataka Cement Pipe Factory and Ors.

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Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 13 February 2004

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988-Motor accident-Death caused­ Compensation--Claim for-Award by Tribunal using multiplier of 18, deducting 50% of income as personal expenditure with 6% interest rate-Appeal for enhancement dismissed by High Court-Appeal questioning percentage of deduction and rate of interest-Insurer questioned the multiplier-Held: Deduction of personal expenditure cannot be governed by any rigidformula­ In facts of the case the deduction restricted to one third of income-Since the questions of interest rate and multiplier not raised before High Court, the same not liable to be…

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