Overview
- The High Court enhanced the award from ₹58.22 lakh to ₹1,18,20,000 with 9% interest from the filing date and ordered the insurer to deposit the enhanced sum within two months.
- The bench fixed a homemaker’s notional income at ₹15,000 per month and added 40% for future prospects under settled Motor Vehicles Act jurisprudence.
- The court granted ₹15 lakh for pain and suffering and ₹8 lakh for attendant charges, noting the victim’s prolonged vegetative state and continuous care needs.
- Future medical expenses were upheld, with the court accepting ₹30 lakh as recoverable despite the victim’s death, relying on Supreme Court guidance on estate claims.
- Precedents including Lata Wadhwa, Jasbir Singh, K.S. Muralidhar (2024) and Dhannalal v. Nasir Khan (2025) guided the reassessment, as the case involved a 2014 crash and death in 2017.