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DELHI HIGH COURT
A.K.CHAWLA
Tata AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd. – Appellant
Versus
Jagdish – Respondent
JUDGMENT
A.K. Chawla, J. (Oral)--By the instant appeal, the appellant-the insurer, in effect, assails the quantum of compensation that has come to be awarded in favour of the respondent Nos.-1 to 8 under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicle Act, in short 'the MV Act'.
2. Concisely, the relevant facts are that on 19.04.2014 at about 10:05 a.m., Ms. Nanki Devi (since deceased)-the mother of the claimants-respondent Nos.1 to 8, sustained injuries in a motor accident involving car bearing registration No.DL 7CP 3264, in short 'the offending vehicle', and on account of injuries so sustained, she died. It resulted into filing of DAR in the first instance followed by a claim petition under Sections 140 and 166 of the MV Act. Though, according to the claimants-the respondent Nos.1 to 8, the deceased, at the relevant time, was doing private service and earning Rs.20,000/- per month and contributing her entire income towards the household expenses, her husband having pre-deceased, the Tribunal has assessed her income applying the minimum wages applicable at the given time and having allowed 1/5th deduction towards personal expenses of the deceased and thus, assessed the loss of dependency of t
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