Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Motor accident - Chartered accountant - Received injuries on legs and suffered 70% permanent disability - Keeping in view the permanent disability of 70% of appellant, his medical and transport expenses, loss of income, mental and physical agony towards life, and all other factors which are relevant for awarding compensation, total..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Multiplier - Deceased died at the age of 40 - It is multiplier of 15 which is applicable...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Rash and negligent driving of goods carriage vehicle - Death of pedestrian - Keeping in view the income of deceased, his contribution to his family, age of deceased, multiplier applicable and loss of consortium, claimants held, entitled to total compensation of Rs.8 lakhs with 9% interest p.a...........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 20(b)(ii)(C), Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 179 -- Recovery of 120 kgs ganja - Commercial quantity - Transportation of ganja - Petitioners were in front vehicle performing role of escorting the second vehicle in which contraband was found - Non-stopping of vehicles in spite of signal, speeding away the..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Reasonable amount awarded under one head - Nothing awarded under another head though it should have been so awarded - Overall award just and fair - Not proper to interfere in such award...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Mere fact that criminal case has been registered against respondent for accident is no ground to establish rash and negligent driving on part of respondent - Copy of FIR and report u/S.173 of Cr.P.C. are not substantive evidence - Tribunal has to base its finds on basis of evidence adduded before it - Claimants have only..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Mere registration of FIR and filing of challan by police in criminal case does not establish negligence of driver as Tribunal is required to act upon evidence adduced before it...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 168(3) -- Seeking direction to executing Court to take early and appropriate steps for disbursement of compensation - Deduction of 1/3rd amount from monthly contribution of deceased - In the instant case, certified copy of order was available with officers of insurance company and they were duty bound to deposit amount before..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Compensation - Deduction - Benefits of family pension, life insurance, provident fund etc., shall remain unfettered and cannot be allowed to be deducted from claim computation...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Compensation - Petitioner preferred not to challenge ex parte proceedings against it, therefore, for want of evidence petitioner cannot challenge salary component and dependency of claimants on income of deceased - Without raising specific claim, claimants are legitimately entitled to claim for loss of pay and wages of deceased..........
