Triple riding on bike doesn't automatically reduce accident compensation; Chhattisgarh HC rules
The Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that accident compensation cannot be automatically halved simply because three people were riding on a motorcycle. The court increased the compensation for a victim's family, citing a Supreme Court precedent.
Why it matters
This ruling clarifies legal standards for motor accident claims and protects victims' rights against arbitrary compensation reductions.
NEW DELHI: The Chhattisgarh high court has ruled that a tribunal cannot cut a road accident victim's compensation by half just because three people were travelling on the vehicle at the time of the crash. In its order on June 30, the court also found that the victim's income had been wrongly assessed too low, and raised the total compensation to nearly Rs 19 lakh.What was the issueThe case was filed by the family of Shiv Kumar, who died in a road accident. In 2019, the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Baikunthpur had awarded the family Rs 6,77,600 as compensation, but cut it by half, holding that Kumar had contributed to the accident because three people, including him, were travelling on the vehicle, as per the court order.Kumar's family challenged this order before the high court.
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