P&H: Motor Accident claim: Invokes ‘Res Ipsa Loquitur’, Enhances 1987 Accident Compensation To Rs 4.35 Lakh

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Ss.166, 140, Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, Ss.110-A, 92-A - Accident - Compensation - No Fault Liability is interim and summary in nature and cannot substitute adjudication of just compensation u/s 110-A of 1939 Act or S.166 of 1988 Act -  Tribunal confined the award to S.92-A of 1939 Act despite recording age and income and failed to undertake multiplier based computation - Award held, modified. (Para 8) Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, S.110-A — Accident - Compensation