Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Fatal motor accident - Compensation - Age of deceased when between 51 and 55 years multiplier is 11, which is specified in the II Column in the II Schedule in the Motor Vehicles Act...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Fatal motor accident - Deceased unmarried aged 33 years looking entire family consisting of mother, sister and one brother - High Court allowed claim only in respect of mother holding that mother was the only real legal heir - Order of High Court set aside - Held, claim of all the members of the family is to be taken into..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Proper method of computation is the multiplier method - Any departure, save in exceptional and extraordinary cases, would introduce inconsistency of principle, lack of uniformity and an element of unpredictability for the assessment of compensation - Multiplier is determined by two factors, namely, the rate..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Three facts need to be established by the claimants for assessing compensation in the case of death are : (a) age of the deceased; (b) income of the deceased; and the (c) the number of dependents...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Loss of dependency - Issues to be determined are : (i) additions/deductions to be made for arriving at the income; (ii) the deduction to be made towards the personal living expenses of the deceased; and (iii) the multiplier to be applied with reference of the age of the deceased...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Income of deceased - Deduction towards HRA, CCA, EPF and GIS should not be made in calculating the income of the deceased...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Income of deceased - Deduction towards personal expenses - Should be 1/3rd where the number of dependent family members is 2 to 3, 1/4th where the number of dependent family members is 4 to 6 and 1/5th where the number of dependent family members exceed six...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Deceased a Govt. employee aged 41 years - An addition of 30% by way of future prospectus allowed...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Deceased a Govt. employee aged 41 years - Rs.25, 000/- awarded for loss of love and affection and consortium...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Motor accident - Determination of compensation - Courts have right to assess compensation higher than claimed by party...........
