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Supreme Court Allows Appeals for Enhancement of Compensation in Motor Accident Deaths of Housewife and Minor Child. Sets Aside Contributory Negligence Deduction for Passengers in Horse Cart, Awards Future Prospects for Housewife and Minor.

The Supreme Court allowed appeals by the claimants, enhancing compensation for the death of a housewife and her minor daughter in a motor accident. Th...

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High Court Enhances Compensation for Motor Accident Victim with 40% Disability — Future Prospects and Pain & Suffering Considered. The Court applied 40% future prospects to notional income of Rs. 6,000/- per month and enhanced non-pecuniary damages for a 36-year-old claimant with permanent disability.

The appellant, Gangadhar s/o Sambhaji Mangalwad, a 36-year-old service holder, filed a claim petition before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Nande...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim Case Due to Absence of Contributory Negligence and Enhances Compensation. Claimants awarded increased compensation under Section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for death of deceased in truck accident, with multiplier of 16 and future prospects.

The appeal was filed by the original claimants, being the wife, minor daughter, and parents of the deceased Deepak Patil, who died in a motor vehicle ...

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Bombay High Court Partly Allows Appeal by MSRTC Reducing Compensation in Motor Accident Claim Due to Contributory Negligence and Multiplier Error. Claimants' compensation reduced from Rs. 7,50,000 to Rs. 5,00,000 as deceased was 50% contributorily negligent and multiplier of 13 was corrected to 12.

The appeal arises from a judgment of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Jalna, in MACP No. 01/2013, awarding compensation of Rs. 7,50,000 to the clai...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal for Enhanced Compensation in Motor Accident Case — Permanent Disability Assessed at 60% Leads to Additional Award for Loss of Earning Capacity. Multiplier of 15 Applied to Monthly Income of Rs.4,460 Under Section 166 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.

The appellant, Bhimrao Shamrao Shinde, was travelling in a tempo trax vehicle on 19 May 1996 when the vehicle met with an accident due to rash and neg...

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Bombay High Court Enhances Compensation for Injured Police Constable in Motor Accident Claim Under Section 163A Motor Vehicles Act. Permanent Disability of 45% Leads to Recalculation of Compensation Using Multiplier Method, Setting Aside Inadequate Tribunal Award.

The appellant, Vilas Bagde, a police constable, was injured in a motor vehicle accident on 23 January 1995 when a jeep dashed his scooter. He sustaine...

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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Motor Accident Claim Case — Enhances Compensation for Death of a 19-Year-Old Student. Court holds that future prospects must be considered even for non-earning deceased, and multiplier should be based on age of deceased, not claimant.

The case arises from a motor accident claim petition filed by the appellants, who are the legal heirs of the deceased, a 19-year-old student named Pra...