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 - 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 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 - Total compensation - Deceased aged 48 years - Respondents being claimants would be entitled for compensation to be reckoned on basis of loss of dependency, due to loss of gross salary of deceased and future prospects and deduction of 1/3rd amount towards personal expenses of deceased - Multiplier `13' applied by Tribunal..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Multiplier - Deceased was 23 years of age at the time of accident - Multiplier of 18 would be appropriate...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Fatal accident - Compensation - Multiplier - Deceased was 15 years old at the time of accident - Income of deceased is assessed as Rs.50,000 p.a - Multiplier of 18 is accordingly applied...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Fatal accident - Enhancement of compensation - Multiplier - Taking into account the age, notional income of deceased, multiplier of 18 and other conventional heads, amount enhanced to Rs.6,60,000 along with 6% interest p.a from date of filing claim petition and if such amount is not paid within 2 months, same shall be paid..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Fatal accident - Compensation - Multiplier - Deceased was 49 years of age at the time of accident - Multiplier of 13 would be applicable...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Enhancement of compensation - Deceased was Senior editor in Asian Age - Tribunal awarded compensation by taking income of deceased at Rs.12 lakhs per year and multiplier of 15 applied - Though it is not considered as a permanent job, 40% of income of deceased needs to be added to computing compensation as future prospects..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Income of carpenter - Income of carpenter can only be proved by oral evidence - Income of carpenter assessed as Rs.5,000/- per month - Adding 40% for future prospectus, deducting 1/5 for personal expenses keeping in view of large number of dependents and applying multiplier of 16, compensation works out to..........
