Madras High Court Enhances Compensation in Motor Accident Claim Case — Applies Multiplier Method and Adds Future Prospects for Self-Employed Victim. The Court held that the Tribunal erred in applying multiplier 13 instead of 18 for a 25-year-old deceased and in not adding future prospects, thereby enhancing compensation from Rs.18,15,000 to Rs.19,64,400 under Section 173 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
5 Feb 2026The case arises from a fatal motor accident that occurred on 22.10.2017, when the deceased, K. Ravichandran, aged 25 years, a bachelor, died in a road...





