P&H: Enhances Motor Accident Compensation by Rs 6.86 Lakh, Raises Interest to 9%
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has enhanced the compensation payable to the family of a man who died in a motor accident, holding that the Tribunal had fixed his income too low and had not properly accounted for future prospects and other heads of compensation.
The appeal was filed by the deceased’s dependents under Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, challenging the Tribunal’s award of Rs. 6,49,800 with interest at 7.5% per annum. They argued that the deceased, who was about 34 years old, was an able-bodied labourer and that his income should have been assessed on...
