In Motor Accident Cases, Deceased Victim's Salary Cannot Be Assessed Based Upon The Fact He Was A Brilliant Student: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that merely because the victim in a motor accident case was a brilliant student, his salary cannot be assessed as exemplary.Justice Vibha Kankanwadi of the Aurangabad bench partly allowed the appeal filed by Reliance General Insurance Ltd and modified the compensation amount from Rs.21.90 lakh to Rs.15.82 lakh. The insurer had challenged the award passed by...