Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Future prospects - Deceased was 23 years of age at the time of accident and was self employed - An addition of 40% of established income is required to be provided in view of decision in Praney Sethi case...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Multiplier - Deceased was 23 years of age at the time of accident - 4 persons were depended upon deceased - Multiplier of 18 would be appropriate...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Enhancement - Taking into account the income, future prospectus, multiplier, deduction towards personal expenses, loss of income to claimants, amount awarded by Tribunal as Rs.2,88,000/- - Claimants entitled to further amount of Rs.1,20,240 - Since the parents of deceased had expired and claimants are only..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Loss of future earning - Deceased was a student studying in School - He was not doing any job or in any vocation and thus, not earning anything - Loss of future earning is to be assessed on the basis of career prospect and likely earning of such a person in future...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Loss of future earning - Deceased belongs to a family of lawyers, as both of his parents were senior lawyers practicing in Supreme Court - Having regard to affluent family background, deceased was studying in prestigious Modern School - Such circumstances indicate that deceased had a bright future - Loss of..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 89 -- Road safety and compensation - Directions issued...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Disability - Initially, 45% permanent partial disablement was certified by PW1, which later on certified as 50% by PW2 after 2-1/2 years of incident - Tribunal assessed the same as 95%, without any basis and reason to sum up the percentage of disablement stated by 2 doctors and to take it to be a case of..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Claimant suggested that he had suffered injuries to his private parts at the age of 25 years, such injuries resulted in his inability to have bliss of marital life - He expired during pendency of present appeal and his legal representatives being his wife, three children and mother falsify his suggestions..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Strict standard of proof beyond all reasonable doubt is not followed in cases arising out of motor vehicle accidents - Standard of proof must be preponderance of probability...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Fatal accident - Death of driver of motorcycle - Compensation - Testimony of eye witness - Inability of witness to identify age of pillion rider cannot per se be a militating factor to discard his entire version, particularly when presence of witness at the time and place of accident remained unshaken and including his deposition..........
