Sebati Nath v. Shriram General Insurance Co. Ltd. -Motor Accident Compensation - Assessment of Deceased's income
Motor Accident Compensation - Assessment of Deceased's income -In the absence of documentary evidence on record, some guesswork is required to be done - the strict rules of evidence used in criminal trials do not apply.
Case Info
Key Details
- Case Name: Sebati Nath & Ors. v. Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd.
- Neutral Citation: Not provided on the page.
- Coram: Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi
- Judgment Date: 12 November 2025
- Procedural Posture: Civil Appeal arising out of SLP (C) No. 26253/2025; against High Court of Orissa judgment dated 3 October 2024 in MACA No. 433 of 2022; original MACT Award dated 30 October 2021 in MAC Case No. 1402/2014.
Caselaws and Citations Referred
- Chandra v. Mukesh Kumar Yadav — (2022) 1 SCC 198
- Prabhavathi v. Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation — 2025 SCC OnLine SC 455
- Quotes Sunita v. Rajasthan SRTC
- Quotes Rajwati alias Rajjo v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. — 2022 SCC OnLine SC 1699
- National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Pranay Sethi — (2017) 16 SCC 680
- United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Satinder Kaur — (2021) 11 SCC 780
Statutes/Laws Referred
- Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 — Section 166 (compensation claim), general principles on standard of proof and compensation
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Sections 279, 337, 338, 304A (registered in FIR relating to the accident)
- Interest direction: 6% simple interest from filing date; exclusion for the 135‑day SLP delay period.