Supreme Court of India
The Apsrtc, Rep. by its General Manager and Anr. v. M. Ramadevi and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the reasons discussed above, in our view, under the MV Act, there is no restriction that the Tribunal/court cannot award compensation amount exceeding the . . claimed amount.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - s. 166: Motor accident - Causing death of employee of appellant-Corporation - MACT awarded compensation - Appeal by Corporation before High Court - Claimants did not prefer any appeal - High Court, holding that the award passed by MACT was inadequate, enhanced compensation - -i.. o Contention of Appellant-corporation that in absence of any appeal by the claimants, High Court ought not to have enhanced the compensation amount - Held: Under the Act, there is no restriction that the MACT!Court cannot award· -,.. compensation amount exceeding the claimed amount…
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Dr. Balram Prasad v. Dr. Kunal Saha & Ors.
- 2012 Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam & Anr. v. The Election Commission of India
Of those, 2 mentioned
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