Bombay High Court Enhances Compensation for Widow in Motor Accident Claim — Deceased Agricultural Labourer's Income Reassessed and Multiplier Corrected. The court held that the Tribunal's assumption of income at Rs.400 per month was too low and applied a multiplier of 15 based on the deceased's age of 40 under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988....
The appellant, Kamal Yashwant Patil, the widow of Yeshwant Laxman Patil, filed a claim under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking compensation of Rs.1,00,000 for the death of her husba...
