Leela Gupta & Ors vs State Of U.P. & Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to award Rs. 4,70,000/- as compensation to the claimants under Section 110A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, for the death of Ganga Prasad Gupta in a motor accident. The Court emphasized that the compensation should reflect the reasonable expectation of pecuniary benefit to the family, applying a multiplier approach based on the deceased's potential earnings and life expectancy. The Court affirmed the principle that the aim of compensation is to place the dependants in the financial position they would have enjoyed had the deceased lived.