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SC's ₹30,000 homemaker benchmark may lift accident compensation payoutsA Supreme Court ruling has assigned a notional monthly value of ₹30,000 to unpaid household work. This decision is expected to significantl...
Court grants over Rs 2.5 crore compensation to road accident victim in VisakhapatnamA Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awarded Rs 1.6 crore to an Indian Navy MARCOS commando, now with 88% permanent disability after a 2018 roa...
Harassed by loan recovery agents? Know your legal rights and 6 steps to fight backBorrowers struggling with debt often face harassment from recovery agents through abusive calls, threats, public shaming, and unauthorised ...
8th Pay Commission latest update: Railway technical staff seek multiple fitment factors, higher HRA, pay fixRailway technical supervisors have put forward significant demands to the 8th Pay Commission. Key proposals include a Rs 52,000 minimum sal...
Approve maternity leave for third pregnancy: HC to TN govtThe Madras High Court ruled that the government cannot discriminate in approving maternity benefits, including for third pregnancies. A div...
It's high time Indians inculcate civic sense and follow traffic rules, says Bombay HCThe Bombay High Court stressed the need for Indian citizens to develop civic sense and adhere to traffic rules, drawing parallels with deve...
Exemption from income tax on interest awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal to a natural person in Budget 2026Union Budget 2026 has proposed that any interest awarded by the Motor Accident ClaimsTribunal to a natural person will be exempt from incom...
Delhi tribunal awards Rs 68.74 lakh compensation to parents of man killed in 2022 road accidentA Delhi tribunal has awarded over Rs 68 lakh compensation to the parents of Harshit Verma. Verma, 24, died in a road accident in March 2022...
Delhi MACT awards Rs 1.38 crore compensation in 2022 Dwarka Expressway accident caseA Delhi Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded Rs 1.38 crore in compensation to the family of a 32-year-old engineer who died after a c...
Woman awarded Rs 29.4 lakh after bus accident in MumbaiMACT directed a travel company and insurance company to pay Rs 29.4 lakh to a 50-year-old woman injured in a 2018 bus accident in south Mum...
Compensation claims in road accidents need not be proven like criminal cases: HCThe High Court of Karnataka has stated that compensation claims in road accidents do not need to be proved like criminal trials. The court ...
Tribunal cuts victim's compensation by 30 per cent for not wearing helmet at the time of accidentA Motor Accident Claims Tribunal reduced compensation by 30% for a man's fatal motorcycle accident after he wasn't wearing a helmet at the ...
Not strapping on rear-seat belt may impact insurance payoutThe non-compliance of seat belt laws not only puts the vehicle occupants' lives at risk, their kin, in case of an accident, may also end up...
Courts empowered to award more compensation than claimed: Madras High CourtThe judge was allowing an appeal from the family members of one Manjunathan (35), who was killed in a road accident on August 6, 2018, invo...
Insurance firms can't be liable to pay compensation to those who travel in goods carriers: Madras HCThe bench gave the ruling while passing orders on a batch of appeals from Bharati AXA General Insurance Company Limited in Bengaluru.
BSES Rajdhani rapped for "negligence", to pay compensationAn accident tribunal has rapped the officials of Reliance Power-owned BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd for "blatant negligence" and failure to remov...
High Court poses questions to State and Central governments on liquor salesThe judge, passing interim orders in an accident appeal case, raised questions such as introduction of total prohibition.
- SC anguished over poor relief to motor victims
Apex court asks tribunals to adopt proactive approach to ensure adequate compensation.
- Getting third-party insurance cover against road accidents tedious and time-consuming
The govt is planning to amend the Motor Vehicles Act and doing away with the option of filing claims whenever possible – even after 10-15 y...
- Insurance cos told to make killer bus owners pay for deaths
A Delhi court today asked insurance companies to redraft their policies in a manner which will put the burden of paying compensation to acc...