HC enhances motor accident compensation ₹1.5 crore
The Hindu
Woman had suffered 90% disability and was now wheelchair-bound
The Madras High Court on Wednesday enhanced from ₹18.43 lakh to ₹1.5 crore, the motor accident compensation awarded by a tribunal to a young woman dentist, who was knocked down from her two-wheeler and run over by a Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) bus on April 18, 2013. The woman had suffered 90% disability after the accident and was now bound to a wheelchair besides being dependant on catheter tubes and motion bags due to lack of control over bowel and bladder movement. Justices N. Kirubakaran and Abdul Quddhose directed the MTC to deposit the enhanced amount, along with interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum from the date of claim, before the tribunal within 12 weeks. On such deposit, the tribunal was directed to transfer ₹68 lakh to the victim’s account and ₹2 lakh to her husband’s account since it had been awarded towards loss of marital bliss. The victim was only 28-years-old when the accident occurred, and the couple had a minor daughter. The court ordered that ₹50 lakh should be deposited in the name of the girl and the victim could withdraw the interest accrued out of such deposit once in two months for fulfilling the child’s needs. The balance amount of ₹30 lakh awarded towards future medical expenses should be deposited in a separate bank account and the monthly interest should be utilised for the expenses, the Bench said and made it clear that no part of the compensation amount should be subjected to income tax.More Related News