https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182776 Further enhancement of motor accident compensation was refused because the claimant produced no evidence that he owned or could afford a car, and the request rested on speculation that permanent disability would require a driver and increase future earnings. The courts below had already assessed compensation liberally on the available material, so no additional award was justified on a conjectural basis. The rate of interest on the compensation was also left undisturbed because interest is compensatory in nature and the High Court's discretion was not shown to be unreasonable, especially having regard to the prevailing bank rate and the circumstances of the case. en-us Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 19 May 2016 13:28:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182776 Further enhancement of motor accident compensation was refused because the claimant produced no evidence that he owned or could afford a car, and the request rested on speculation that permanent disability would require a driver and increase future earnings. The courts below had already assessed compensation liberally on the available material, so no additional award was justified on a conjectural basis. The rate of interest on the compensation was also left undisturbed because interest is compensatory in nature and the High Court's discretion was not shown to be unreasonable, especially having regard to the prevailing bank rate and the circumstances of the case. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182776