Gujarat High Court Increases Motor Accident Compensation; Includes Loss of Amenities, Functional Disability In Computation

Case: Ishwarlal Kasturlal Pandya vs Ibrahimbhai Farukdin Vohra
Coram: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP N. BHATT
Case No.: R/FIRST APPEAL NO. 3085 of 2009
Court Observation: The Bench noted that the loss of dependency was calculated at INR 25,200 which
was multiplied with 16 due to the remaining years of work. Reliance was placed on the Mohan Soni judgement to conclude that a total compensation of INR 5,02,200 was to be awarded while the Tribunal had only awarded INR 1, 1,42,000.
Further, looking to the Syed Sadiq & Ors Vs. Divisional Manager, Uniter India Insurance Company Ltd. (2014) 2 SCC 735, the High Court also awarded some amount towards the loss of amenities. Accordingly, the Bench directed the Insurance Company to deposit an additional sum of INR 3,59,200 with 12% interest.