P&H: Enhances Compensation for Family of Man Killed in 2000 Accident
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has enhanced compensation payable to the wife and four children of Satbir Singh, who died in a motor vehicle accident in 2000. Justice Parmod Goyal allowed the family’s appeal, which challenged only the amount of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal.
The Tribunal had awarded the family Rs.2,35,800. The claimants sought an increase, arguing that the deceased earned Rs.20,000 a month as a driver, and that the Tribunal had not properly accounted for future prospects, the deduction for personal expenses, the multiplier and compensation under conventional heads.
The High Court declined to...
