Supreme Court of India
Rajwati @ Rajjo & Ors. v. United India Insurance Company Ltd. & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, we do not agree with the view taken by the High Court while rejecting the salary certificate (Exhibit 19) and pay slip (Exhibit 20) of the deceased merely on the ground that the person issuing the two aforementioned documents was not examined before the Learned Tribunal.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s.166 – Compensation – In the instant case, two persons died (on spot) of injuries suffered by the accident caused by the truck driven in a rash and negligent manner – Appellants (dependents of the deceased persons) filed claim petition before the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal – Tribunal awarded compensation to the appellants but on appeal by insurance company before the High Court, the High Court reduced the quantum of compensation by relying upon the contention of insurance company that the salary certificate and pay slip of the deceased persons were taken into…
Authorities it was built on
- 2017 National Insurance Company Limited v. Pranay Sethi and Ors.
- 2011 Ramachandrappa v. The Manager, Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Limited
- 2011 United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Shila Datta & Ors.
- 2019 Sunita & Ors. v. Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation & Anr.
- 2011 Kusum Lata & Ors. v. Satbir & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Rashmirekha Tripathy v. The Branch Manager (legal Claims) Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd.
- 2025 Preetha Krishnan & Ors. v. The United India Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.
- 2025 Sunita v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
Of those, 3 mentioned
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