Supreme Court of India

Rajendra Singh and Others v. National Insurance Company Limited and Others

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Bench Navin Sinha and B.R. Gavai JJ.
Decided 18 June 2020

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the appellants shall be entitled to future prospects at the rate of 40% in addition to the loss of consortium and future expenses already granted.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Motor Vehicles Accident – Enhancement of compensation – Victims, a housewife and her minor daughter, were travelling in a horse cart, which was hit by a bus resulting in their death – The Tribunal awarded a total sum of Rs. 3,54,500/- for the housewife and Rs. 1,60,000/- for the minor child – Appeal for enhancement of compensation dismissed by the High Court – On appeal, held: Deduction of 50% made by the Tribunal towards contributory negligence while calculating the award is totally unjustified and unsustainable since no fault can be attributed to the deceased as they were passengers, not…

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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