Overview
- The Bombay High Court, which ruled Wednesday, lifted the family's compensation to about Rs 15.15 lakh from roughly Rs 13.23 lakh.
- Justice Jitendra Jain recalculated loss of earnings by fixing monthly income at Rs 10,000 and added Rs 50,000 for pain and suffering.
- The case stems from a November 2012 collision in Thane in which Satish Joshi, a priest with Parkinson’s and partial paralysis, was hit by a city bus and later died in March 2013.
- The court upheld a finding of 50% contributory negligence against the pedestrian for crossing away from a traffic signal.
- The order urged citizens to follow signals, criticized frequent red-light violations by two-wheeler riders, and pressed traffic police to act more strictly.