{"id":184303,"date":"1994-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1994-04-27T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-santra-devi-and-ors-on-28-april-1994"},"modified":"2018-03-20T15:00:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T09:30:21","slug":"new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-santra-devi-and-ors-on-28-april-1994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-santra-devi-and-ors-on-28-april-1994","title":{"rendered":"New India Assurance Co. Ltd. vs Santra Devi And Ors. on 28 April, 1994"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Rajasthan High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">New India Assurance Co. Ltd. vs Santra Devi And Ors. on 28 April, 1994<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: II (1994) ACC 554<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: R Kajriwal<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: R Kajriwal<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p> R.S. Kajriwal, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. Heard learned Counsel for the parties. The Motor Vehicles Claims Tribunal believed the statement of the witnesses of the claimants, who assessed the monthly income of the deceased at the rate of Rs. 18,000\/- p.m. It was also of the view that the deceased was of 25 years of age at the time of accident.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. By applying multiplier of 35, the Motor Vehicles Claims Tribunal, awarded a sum of Rs. 5,54,000\/- to the claimants. It also awarded interest and some other amounts of compensation. This Award has been challenged by the Insurance Company in this appeal. The Insurance Company can take only those defences, which are available to it under Section 96(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act (old) and Section 149 of the Motor Vehicles Act (New).\n<\/p>\n<p>3. No appeal can be filed on the ground that the amount awarded to the claimants is on the higher side.\n<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, I do not find any force in this appeal and the same is dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajasthan High Court New India Assurance Co. Ltd. vs Santra Devi And Ors. on 28 April, 1994 Equivalent citations: II (1994) ACC 554 Author: R Kajriwal Bench: R Kajriwal JUDGMENT R.S. Kajriwal, J. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the parties. 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