High Court of Madras Enhances Compensation in Motor Accident Claim; Notional Income of Deceased Student Fixed Based on Campus Placement Offer. The Court determined that the notional income of a final-year engineering student who died in a road accident and had a confirmed job offer should be Rs.22,500 per month, not Rs.15,000, applying the principles of just compensation under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
20 Feb 2025The appeal arose from a claim petition filed by the parents of a 23-year-old engineering student who died in a road accident on 26.11.2017. The appell...




