RASHMIREKHA TRIPATHY AND ANR. versus THE BRANCH MANAGER (LEGAL CLAIMS), SRIRAM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND ORS.

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Issue for Consideration Issue arose that for assessing the annual income of a deceased person or claimant under the Motor Vehicles Act, the ITRs for the previous year appropriate or average of the past two/three years to be Headnotes† Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 – s.166 – Compensation – Computation of annual income of the deceased victim on the basis of ITRs – Victim aged 39 years, sole breadwinner, running his own construction business, met with a road accident and succumbed to his