Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Death - Compensation - Age of deceased was 15 years and he was a student and helping his parents to do agriculture work - Tribunal granted lump-sum of Rs.15 lakhs - Amount granted not on higher side as incident is of 2017 and deceased was helping hand in cultivating of agriculture land - Moreover, minimum wages per day of..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 157 -- Accident - Insurance policy - S.157(1) of the Act shows that transfer of Certificate of Insurance is deemed to have been transferred in favour of person to whom motor vehicle is transferred w.e.f. the date of its transfer...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 157 -- Accident - Injury case - Driver purchased vehicle after accident and became registered owner - Plea of insurance company that said fact not brought to notice of insurer - As far as third party is concerned, entitlement of securing Award and enforcing it against insurer can never be denied and liability would therefore be of..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 157 -- Accident - Injury case - Driver purchased vehicle after accident and became registered owner hence, in terms of S.157(1) of the Act which contain deemed provision, the certificate of insurance and policy is also deemed to have been transferred to him - Therefore, insurer cannot escape its liability on the ground that earlier..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166, 157 -- Accident - Injury case - Change of owner of vehicle - Liability of insurance company - Continues...........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Plea that wife of deceased had relinquished her share in favour of her i, laws and got certain properties in lieu thereof as such wife is not entitled to any compensation - Held, grant of compensation by MACT or by Court in respect of accidental death of a person is not affected by family arrangement of..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Compensation - Contributory negligence - Collusion between car and lorry - Death of driver of car - Car was coming in correct side - It was lorry which went towards wrong side and collided with car of deceased and dragged the car to extreme side of road - Driver of lorry was not only reckless but also negligent in driving..........
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 - Injury - Compensation - 90% permanent disability - Cost of artificial limb - As per proposal/quotation artificial limb costs Rs.5,14,038 inclusive of value of artificial limb and its accessories and after 2 years of free service, maintenance charges would be levied on the same - Further, life of artificial limb is four to..........
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 -- Accident - Injury - Compensation - 70% functional disability - Right arm from shoulder amputated and some injury in right knee due to which movement of right knee is also restricted - No evidence on record to show that claimant has engaged herself in some other work which would be suitable to her status - Assessment of functional..........
