Supreme Court of India
Rasmita Biswal & Ors. v. Divisional Manager, National Insurance Company Ltd. and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that in order to curtail the pendency before the High Courts and for speedy disposal of the appeals concerning paymen t of compensation to the victims of road accident, it would be just and proper to consider constituting ‘Motor Vehicle Appellate Tribunals’ by amending Section 173 of the Motor Vehicles Act so that the appeal s RASMITA BISWAL v.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: Fatal accident – Compensation – Victim-deceased aged 33 years died in motor accident – Evidence on record that he was working as supervisor and his monthly salary was Rs.15,000 – Tribunal adopted multiplier ‘16’ and after deductin g one-fourth of the income towards the personal expen ses of the deceased, awarded a total compensation of Rs.21,60,000/ - towards loss of dependency and a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- under other conventional heads – However, High Court, without assi gning any reason modified the award of the Tribunal and award ed a compensation of Rs.17,00,000/-
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