Sri Malakappa v. Iffco Tokio General Insurance
Supreme Court of India2025 EduLaw (SC) 511Bench: Sudhanshu Dhulia; K Vinod Chandran
The Supreme Court held that in determining insurance compensation, the deceased's husband cannot be excluded as a dependent merely because he is an able-bodied man, and in the absence of proof of his employment status his dependency on the deceased's income cannot be disregarded.