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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
VIKAS BAHL
Davinder Singh – Appellant
Versus
Gurmeet Singh @ Gurpreet Singh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
VIKAS BAHL, J.
1. Parents and minor sister have filed the present appeal for enhancement of the amount of compensation. Vide award dated 10.07.2017, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Bathinda (hereinafter to be referred as “the Tribunal”) had awarded the total amount of compensation to the tune of Rs.12,87,660/- along with interest to the appellants on account of death of Sukhpreet Singh which had occurred in a motor vehicular accident that had taken place on 06.02.2016. The only question that arises for consideration before this Court is as to whether the appellants are entitled to enhancement of compensation or not as the other aspects are not being disputed before this Court.
2. Learned counsel for the appellants has submitted that in the present case, deduction which had been ordered by the Tribunal was to the extent of ½ whereas deduction should have been made to the extent of 1/3rd. It is further submitted that no benefit of future prospects has been given and thus, 40% of the income of the deceased should be taken into consideration for the purpose of future prospects. It is further argued that on account of loss of consortium, an amount of Rs.96,000/- should be a
In motor accident claims involving students, income assessment must be based on educational qualifications and potential future earnings rather than arbitrary guess-work. Compensation must be calcula....
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