Manjuri Bera vs Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. And Anr on 30 March, 2007
The Hon'ble
Supreme Court in Smt. Manjuri Bera versus The Oriental Insurance
Company Ltd. And another 3007 (10) SCC 643 has observed that a legal
representative is the one who suffers on account of death of a person due to
a motor vehicle accident and need not necessarily be a wife, husband, parent
and child. It is observed that even when there is no loss of dependancy, the
claimant, if the legal representative, will be entitled to compensation. The
statutory compensation to be received under the Act, it is observed could
constitute part of the estate of the deceased.