Respondents
ORDER
R.V.RAVEENDRAN, J.
The claimants in a motor accident claim have filed this appeal by
special leave seeking increase in compensation ... Rajinder Prakash died on account of injuries sustained in a motor
accident which occurred on 18.4.1988 involving a bus bearing No.DLP 829
belonging
from the side, and hit
the motorcycle driven by the deceased. The accident was
witnessed by Mr. Rakesh Kumar.
As a result of the accident ... statement of Mr. Rakesh Kumar who
was an eyewitness to the accident.
3. The father, brother, and sister of the deceased filed Claim
Petition
class or description of vehicle
but the vehicle involved in the accident was of different class or description;
and (e) the vehicle in question ... insurer or owner or driver of the vehicle involved in
the accident or by all or any of them, as the case may be;
Provided
cases;
(i) removal of time limit for filling of application by road accident
victims for compensation;
(j) punishment in case of certain offences is made ... determined formula for payment of compensation to road
accident victims on the basis of age/income, which is more liberal and
rational
Leave granted. Heard.
2. The appellant was injured in a motor accident on 1.10.1991 and
sustained fracture of both bones of left leg and fracture ... left radius. He was
under treatment from 1.10.1991 to 16.6.1992. The Motor Accident Claims
Tribunal, by award dated 20.7.2002, awarded compensation
Even the Second Schedule, so far as the same
applies to fatal accident, does not say so. The multiplier, in
terms of the Second Schedule ... required to be applied in a
case of disability in nonfatal accident. Consideration for
payment of compensation in the case of death
THOMAS, J. Leave granted. Can a claim be maintained
before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (Tribunal for
short) on the basis of strict liability propounded ... compensation to the dependants of
the victim of a motor accident. A Division Bench of the
High Court of Allahabad dismissed the appeal filed
seventeen Insurance Companies and Delhi Police for
expeditious settlement of accident cases for a limited period
FAO No.842/2003 Page ... compensation within a period of 120 days
from the date of the accident. Unless the scheme is clear
and definite in all respects, the settlement
preferred against a
judgment and award dated 28.10.1998 passed by the Motor Accident
Claims Tribunal-II [MACT (I), Nahan] in MAC Petition ... Respondents, however, denied and disputed occurrence of the said
accident. According to them, the deceased died the previous evening and
finding the dead body
where he was
employed, till he passed away in a motor vehicle accident in
India in 1998.
2. Satpal Singh was visiting India in November ... with his wife as the
pillion rider, when he met with an accident with a Maruti car
bearing No. CH-01-M-6284 coming from
