New India Assurance Company Limited v. Bhupinder Kaur and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Motor Accident Claims appeal by Insurance Company; refixation/enhancement of accident-death compensation using Sarla Verma age-wise multiplier table and Pranay Sethi conventional heads (spousal, parental and filial consortium); reliance on Sharad Singh v. H.D. Narang, 2025 INSC 1164; references to Dara Singh v. Shyam Singh Varma and R.Valli v. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation; result table comparing court's total compensation with Tribunal award and difference payable; refund of statutory deposit of Rs.25,000/- to appellant insurer; reserved 12.12.2025, attested 19.12.2025; source badly OCR-corrupted (case number, bench, counsel, party names and most amounts illegible).
What did the court decide?
No relief to the appellant Insurance Company: the court's recomputed total compensation exceeded the amount awarded by the Tribunal, the difference being shown as payable, and the statutory deposit of Rs.25,000/- was ordered refunded to the appellant Insurance Company.