P&H: Rejects Delayed Enhancement Pleas in Motor Accident Case, Reduces Compensation for One Deceased in absence of IT Return, bank statements, book of account or other documentary evidence

(i) Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 — Condonation of delay — Delay of 2359 days in filing cross-objections and 2518 days in filing the appeal — Motor accident claim appeals and cross-objections — Loss of two children in one accident is a grave personal tragedy...

(ii) Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.166 — Compensation — Deceased aged about 20 years — Proof of income — Mere assertion that deceased was carrying on business cannot, in absence of supporting material, constitute sufficient basis for assessing income — In absence of income-tax return,...

(iii) Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.166 — Enhancement of compensation — Future prospects, personal expenses, multiplier, conventional heads and consortium — Where deceased was 20 years of age, unmarried and self-employed, income was assessed on the basis of minimum wages for a skilled worker at...