Supreme Court partly allowed and disposed the appeal of New India Assurance Company Ltd challenging the Rajasthan High Court judgement awarding compensation of Rs.56,44,378/- by applying the multiplier to the net salary payable to the claimant/ first respondent.
The Supreme Court has recently allowed an appeal by a road accident victim and restored the compensation awarded to him by the motor accidents tribunal, setting aside a judgment of the Allahabad High Court which had reduced the compensation amount.
The Allahabad High Court has held that a widow is entitled to compensation under the head of loss of earnings, when she is deprived of her husband's full pension after his death in a motor accident.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday has allowed the appeal filed by Savitha, a housewife, who survived motor accident more than a decade ago but it left her partially disabled. She has appealed against inadequacy of compensation granted to her in a motor accident case.