By Admin 
The Supreme Court has increased the compensation amount of the victim’s family to Rs 60 lakh in the case of 20 -year -old road accident and has directed the victim to give this amount within four months. In this accident, a 20 -year -old boy suffered a very bad injury and became disabled. He could not do anything for 20 years due to the accident and in 2021 he finally succumbed. His mother had filed a petition in the Supreme Court, on which the court has given this decision.
According to the PTI report, this case is in 2001, when 20 -year -old Sharad Singh was an accident. The bike he was sitting behind was hit by a car. Sharad was in BCom Third Year at that time. Sharad Singh remained inactive for two decades and after that he died due to illness in 2021. His mother had filed an appeal in the Supreme Court as a legal representative.
Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice N. The bench of V. Anjaria accepted the appeal of the young man’s mother. Sharad’s cervical vertebra (C4-C5) was fractured at that time. Due to the accident, he was paralyzed with 100 percent permanent disability, which led to him to stay in bed throughout his life.
The court said, ‘Due to this accident, the young man was paralyzed and his aspirations were found in the soil. Due to this accident, his parents also had to settle in another city. The bench said, “We believe that if he had not received a Charged Accountant Certificate, he could have been appointed as an accountant when he graduated and if the minimum wage prescribed for a skilled worker had been Rs 3,352, he would have received a monthly income of Rs 5,000 as per any reasonable estimate in 2001.”
One of the major issues before the court was for reimbursement of medical expenditure. The insurance company opposed the bill of several lakh rupees, saying that some bills were before the disposal of the High Court’s appeal and the other bills of the victim were from hospitals outside Delhi. Writing a decision on behalf of the bench, Justice Chandran rejected the plea and said that the insurance company has an office across the country and she could get verified.
The court accepted the family clarification that the victim had to be taken to Goa due to adverse climatic conditions of Delhi. The family said that due to the adverse climatic conditions of Delhi, it had increased frequent pneumonia. After verification, the insurance company considered a medical bill of Rs 21 lakh to be correct.
After the first approved by the High Court, the Supreme Court directed to pay an additional payment of Rs 20 lakh for the medical expenditure incurred between 2001 and 2021. On the issue of income loss, the Motor Accident Tribunal originally estimated the victim’s monthly income of Rs 3,339.
The Delhi High Court had increased it to Rs 3,352, citing the lack of professional qualification at the time of the accident, but the Supreme Court disagreed with it and cited the strong educational possibilities of the victim.
Avoiding accepting chartered accountant level earnings, the bench said that despite being a graduate, it could earn at least Rs 5,000 per month in 2001, while the salary of skilled laborers was Rs 3,352. The Supreme Court revised the High Court’s decision to compensate the compensation of Rs 32.46 lakh and increased it to more than Rs 60 lakh with future medical costs. The bench directed that the entire amount should be distributed to the victim’s mother within four months.