Supreme Court of India
Sameem Begum v. K. Venkat Swamy
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What the Court ordered
The judgment and award of the High Court is modified, and the compensation shall stand enhanced to the above extent. The appeal is allowed in the aforesaid terms. Any Interlocutory Application, if pending, shall not survive in view of the disposal of main appeal as above.
Judgment, Paras 10-11
In brief
On 23.06.2012 Shaik Janimiya, a 48-year-old private security personnel, was walking at Malkajgiri when a car driven rashly and at high speed struck him; he later died of his injuries in hospital. His widow and three children (aged between 18 and 21) claimed compensation of Rs. 9,00,000/-; although a salary certificate showed Rs. 9,000/- per month, the employer's Director (PW3) deposed that the deceased's salary was Rs.…
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- 1996 U.P. State Road Transport Corporation and Ors. v. Trilok Chandra and Ors.
- 1987 Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation, Ahmedabad. v. Ramanbhai Prabhatbhai & Another
- 2007 Smt. Manjuri Bera v. The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. and Anr.
- 2020 National Insurance Company Limited v. Birender and Ors.
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