Supreme Court of India

Managing Director, Tnstc v. Suguna and Ors.

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Bench Dr. Arijit Pasayat and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.
Decided 23 January 2009

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988- s.166- Death of 24 year old person in motor accident - Claim for compensation - Claim that deceased was getting salary of Rs.2,5001- p.m. - No evidence to substantiate the claim - MACT fixed the notional income of deceased at Rs.1,5001-p.m. and awarded Rs.1.83 lacs as compensation - On appeal, High Court fixed the income of deceased at Rs.2,5001- per month and awarded compensation of Rs.4.05 lacs - Held: High Court did not indicate any reason to fix the income at Rs.2,5001- p.m. though it deducted one-third for personal expenses - In the peculiar facts and…

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