https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=263499 Compensation in a fatal motor accident claim under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 was enhanced because just, fair and reasonable compensation required addition of future prospects even where income was not fully proved. The Court applied a 30% increase for future prospects, retained the one-third deduction for personal expenses, and upheld the multiplier of 17. It also revised the conventional heads, bringing the amounts for loss of consortium and funeral expenses into line with recent judicial principles. The award was therefore modified in favour of the appellant. en-us Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 04 Sep 2015 09:14:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=263499 Compensation in a fatal motor accident claim under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 was enhanced because just, fair and reasonable compensation required addition of future prospects even where income was not fully proved. The Court applied a 30% increase for future prospects, retained the one-third deduction for personal expenses, and upheld the multiplier of 17. It also revised the conventional heads, bringing the amounts for loss of consortium and funeral expenses into line with recent judicial principles. The award was therefore modified in favour of the appellant. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=263499