Supreme Court of India
R.K. Malik and Anr. v. Kiran Pal and Ors.
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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - ss. 163A and 166 rlw 168; Second Schedule - Bus carrying school children met with accident and fell into river from bridge - Death of 29 children c - Most of them were in the age group of 10 to 18 years - Claim for compensation by parents of deceased children - Courts below awarded pecuniary compensation, on basis of Second Schedule and relevant multiplier under the Act, which in majority of the casAs ranged from Rs.…
Authorities it was built on
- 1996 U.P. State Road Transport Corporation and Ors. v. Trilok Chandra and Ors.
- 1995 R.D. Hattangadi v. Mis. Pest Control (india) Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.
- 2003 Abati Bezbaruah v. Director General Geological Survey of India and Anr.
- 2002 United India Insurance Co. Ltd. Etc. Etc. v. Patrica Jean Mahajan and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 1961 Dr. Jatish Chandra Ghosh v. Hari Sadhan Mukherjee and Others.
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Dr. Balram Prasad v. Dr. Kunal Saha & Ors.
- 2022 Meena Devi v. Nunu Chand Mahto @ Nemchand Mahto & Ors
- 2021 Kurvan Ansari Alias Kurvan Ali & Anr. v. Shyam Kishore Murmu & Anr.
- 2020 Rajendra Singh and Others v. National Insurance Company Limited and Others
- 2012 Santosh Devi v. National Insurance Company Ltd. and Others
Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to
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