P&H High Court Enhances Compensation To 7-Year-Old Accident Victim To ₹3.5 Lakh; Accepts Later Disability Certificate As Additional Evidence at Appellate Stage
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has enhanced compensation to a child injured in a 1997 road accident to ₹3.5 lakh, up from ₹70,000 awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, and directed payment of the enhanced amount with 7.5% interest from the date of the claim petition.
The case arose from an incident in April 1997 when a truck allegedly driven rashly hit the minor in Buria, causing multiple grievous injuries including fractures. The Tribunal had found the driver negligent and granted ₹70,000. That finding on negligence was not challenged before the High Court, which confined itself to the...
