ILC-2011-SC-MAC-Feb-2
P.S. Somanathan & others Vs. District Insurance Officers & another
Claim petition - Deceased walking along - Side of National Highway - Lorry driven rashly suddenly hit him - Died on the spot - Tribunal view of the rash and negligent driving - Awarded a compensation of Rs.1,71,600/- with interest @ 12% p.a. cost of Rs.1,500/- to claimants - High Court - Reduced compensation to Rs.85,000/- interest @ 12% p.a. - Appeal - Supreme Court - High Court should have proceeded to compute the compensation on the age of the deceased - Order of High Court set aside - Tribunal restored - Appeal allowed - No costs.
Hon'ble Mr. Justice G.S. Singhvi , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly ,
Alex Joseph, Advocate
R. Sathish, Advocate
Topic(s)-Rash and negligent driving
Important Decision(s)-
ILC-2012-SC-MAC-Jan-1
Mohan Soni Vs. Ram Avtar Tomar and Ors.
ILC-2011-SC-MAC-Dec-1
Ram Kiran Goyal (D) Vs. Sub Divisional Engineer
ILC-2011-SC-MAC-Nov-2
Govind Yadav Vs. New India Insurance Company Limited
ILC-2011-SC-MAC-Nov-1
Sanjay Batham Vs. Munnalal Parihar
ILC-2011-SC-MAC-Oct-3
Ibrahim Vs. Raju and others
ILC-2011-SC-MAC-Sep-2
A. Sridhar Vs. United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
ILC-2011-SC-MAC-Sep-1
D. Sampath Vs. United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
ILC-2011-SC-MAC-Aug-3
M/s. Sharma Transports Vs. The State of Maharashtra & others
ILC-2011-SC-MAC-Aug-2
Urmila and others Vs. Rashpal Kaur and others
ILC-2011-SC-MAC-Aug-1
Sri Ramachandrappa Vs. The Manager, Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company Limited