Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Multiplier - Multiplier system should be followed not only for determining compensation on account of loss of income but also for determining attendant charges etc...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - When compensation is awarded in lump sum, various factors are taken into consideration - When compensation is paid in lump sum, Court has always followed multiplier system...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - 100% physical disability - Compensation - Medical treatment and transport - Girl aged about 12 years suffered serious injuries resulting in damage to her brain - She was in hospital for almost 51 days - Some of bills have been excluded by Courts below only on the ground that name of patient is not written on the bill -..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - 100% physical disability - Compensation - Loss of earnings - Notional income of Rs.15,000 p.m assessed by Courts below - This is not a proper way of assessing future loss of income - Young girl of aged about 12 years after studying could have worked and would have earned much more than Rs.15,000 p.a - Minimum wages..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - 100% physical disability - Compensation - Attendant charges during which claimant hospitalized - When claimant was hospitalized, family members must have accompanied her - Amount for loss of wages and amount they would have spent in hospital for food etc. must be paid - Claimant would have had at least two attendants and..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - 100% physical disability - Compensation - Attendant charges for life - Claimant being little girl severely suffering from incontinence meaning that she does not have control over her bodily functions like passing urine and faeces - As she grow older she will not be able to handle her periods - Claimant requires an..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - 100% physical disability - Compensation - Loss of marriage and future medical treatment - Tribunal awarded Rs.3 lakh for loss of marriage prospects - No interference warranted in it - As regarding loss of future treatment, only pittance amount of Rs.2 lakh is awarded under this head - Claimant is bed ridden and bound to..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 171 -- Accident - Compensation - Interest - Normally interest should be granted from date of filing petition - It is only if appeal is filed after an inordinate delay by claimants, or decision of case is delayed on account of negligence of claimant, in such exceptional cases interest may be awarded from a later date - However, while doing..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 171 -- Accident - 100% physical disability - Total compensation - Interest - Keeping in view the various heads under which compensation is to be awarded to claimant, total sum of Rs.62,27,000 with 7.5% interest p.a from date of filing claim petition till payment/deposit of amount is awarded to claimant - Directions issued...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 171 -- Accident - 100% physical disability - Compensation - Interest - Where claimants who are under some disability who may not be able to invest their monies properly, in such cases MACT and High Courts must ensure that investments are made in nationalized banks to get a high rate of interest as per guidelines issued in General Manager,..........
