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Showing posts with label dependent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dependent. Show all posts
Sunday, 10 August 2025

Supreme Court: Whether Motor accident claim tribunal can deduct compensation granted to dependents of workman under workman Compensation Act?

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  The Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, as also, the High Court, ordered a deduction therefrom of a sum of ` 3,26,140 (paid to the claimants ...
Sunday, 4 May 2025

Supreme Court: Unemployed Husband Can Be Presumed To Be Partially Dependent On Deceased Wife's Income for grant of compensation under motor vehicles Act

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 The deduction applicable for personal expenses was fixed at 1/3rd, considering the dependent family as one comprised of the deceased and on...
Sunday, 15 December 2024

Supreme Court: Where both the parents were dependent on the deceased, a deduction to the extent of 1/3rd will also be appropriate in motor accident claim petition

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 Normally, a deduction to the extent of 50% can be made. However, in Magma General Insurance Company Limited V/s. Nanu Ram alias Chuhru Ram ...
Saturday, 14 September 2024

Supreme Court: What are the basis for grant of Future Prospects in Motor accident claim petition?

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  8.1. With respect to the issue of Future Prospects, a Constitution Bench of this Court in Pranay Sethi (supra) has held that in case the d...

Supreme Court: Father and Unmarried sister of deceased are entitled to get compensation under Motor Vehicles Act

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  8.4. The Insurance Company has submitted that the father and the sister of the deceased could not be treated as dependents, and it is only...

Leading Supreme Court Judgment on grant of compensation under the head "Loss of Consortium"

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8.7 A Constitution Bench of this Court in Pranay Sethi (supra) dealt with the various heads under which compensation is to be awarded in a d...
Saturday, 27 April 2024

Whether widow is entitled to get compensation under workman compensation Act if she remarries?

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 Section 2(d) of the Employees' (Workmen's) Compensation Act, 1923 (for short referred to as the Act)defines "dependents"....
Thursday, 28 September 2023

Hindu Adoption and maintenance Act 1956 (maintenance provisions only)

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  Chapter III MAINTENANCE 18. Maintenance of wife .—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a Hindu wife, whether married before or a...
Sunday, 24 September 2023

Whether Divorced Daughter is 'Dependent' U/S 21 Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act and Entitled To Maintenance From Late Father's Estate?

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It is the admitted case of the parties that the appellant is the daughter of the respondent No. 2 and sister of the respondent No. 1. She as...
Wednesday, 15 August 2018

Whether one of dependent of landlord can prove his bonafide need?

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The Division Bench in the case of Nathulal Gangabaks Khandelwal held that bona fide need of a landlord was a matter which could be proved ...
Sunday, 10 April 2016

Whether married sister can claim compensation on account of accidental death of her brother even though she was not dependent on him?

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“10. As observed by this Court in Custodian of Branches of BANCO National Ultramarino v. Nalini Bai Naique [1989]2SCR810 the definition...
Saturday, 9 April 2016

Whether husband can be denied compensation due to accidental death of his wife if he was not dependent on his wife?

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 The submission of the learned counsel for the appellant that respondent no.1 – claimant i.e the husband of the deceased was earning at ...
Saturday, 19 July 2014

Whether a divorced wife is widow after death of husband?

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A widow is a woman, as we understand from the meaning of the term in its ordinary sense, whose husband is dead and who has not marr...