June 2019

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.166–Accident–Multiplier~Multiplier has to be applied with reference to age of deceased and not of the claimants.

By | June 12th, 2019|Multiplier|

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July 2018

Accident–Multiplier—Appellant suffered 65% disability—He was a student therefore his annual income has to be assessed as Rs. 15.000/- p.a.–Multiplier of ’16’ has to be applied since the appellant was about 16 years of age on the date of the accident

By | July 7th, 2018|Multiplier|

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Accident—Multiplier—Variation in age of deceased as mentioned in various documents on record—Age which would be more beneficial to the heirs of the deceased should be taken as the M.V. Act, 1988 has been enacted as a beneficial piece of legislation for the welfare of third parties involved in accident.

By | July 7th, 2018|Multiplier|

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1888, S.183-A—Accident-Multiplier—Appellant suffered 65% disability-He was a student therefore his annual income has to be assessed as Rs. 15,000 – p.a.–Multiplier of ’16’ has to be applied since the appellant was about 16 years of age on the date of the accident

By | July 2nd, 2018|Multiplier|

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June 2018

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.136~Accident—Multiplier–Deceased was aged about 24 years—Thus, multiplier of 18 was to be applied and not 16

By | June 5th, 2018|Multiplier|

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May 2018

Accident—Love of Affection—Even the father would be entitled to be compensated on account of loss of love and affection, even though he was not dependent on the deceased.Accident—Multiplier—Multiplier has to be assessed by keeping in view the age of deceased and not age of claimant as held in Munna Lai Jain’s case.

By | May 24th, 2018|Multiplier|

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March 2018

Accident–Multiplier–That for the person of the age of 50, who had not reached the age of 51, the multiplier applicable is of the age group of 46 to 50 and not of 51 to 55, as such, the Tribunal has wrongly applied multiplier of 10 while calculating amount of dependency-Multiplier applicable to age group of 45 to 50 is 13.

By | March 2nd, 2018|Multiplier|

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October 2017

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.166-Accident-Claimant-Minor brother of deceased cannot be held to be dependent on deceased—Widow of deceased who had remarried is also not entitled to compensation.

By | October 23rd, 2017|Income, Multiplier|

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August 2017

June 2017

Accident-Consortium–Age of deceased is also a determining factor for towards loss of consortium—Where the deceased was in advance age the loss of consortium will be comparatively less

By | June 20th, 2017|Multiplier|

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March 2017

February 2017

Accident—Multiplier—Deceased was to be in service for further four years-­Multiplier of 9 was to be applied for a period of four years and thereafter, the multiplier of 7 should have been applied on pension.

By | February 22nd, 2017|Multiplier|

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November 2016

October 2016

Accident—Multiplier—Future Income—The multiplier to be applied on the loss of dependency on prospective income, would be as is applicable as per the actual age of the person who dies in a motor accident.

By | October 6th, 2016|Multiplier|

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