Deceased Bachelor's Age Is The Basis For Computing Multiplier In Motor Accident Claims, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

15 Aug 2019 10:17 AM IST

"The issue with respect to whether the Multiplier to be applied in the case of a bachelor, should be computed on the basis of the age of the deceased, or the age of the parents, is no longer res integra."

The 'Multiplier' to be applied in the case of a deceased bachelor, should be computed on the basis of the age of the deceased, not the age of the parents, the Supreme court has reiterated.The bench comprising Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna were considering an appeal filed by parents of a deceased girl, who was just twenty year old and unmarried at the time of accident. The...

Deceased Bachelor's Age Is The Basis For Computing Multiplier In Motor Accident Claims, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"The issue with respect to whether the Multiplier to be applied in the case of a bachelor, should be computed on the basis of the age of the deceased, or the age of the parents, is no longer res integra."

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