Compassionate Assistance Deductible from Motor Accident Compensation to Prevent Double Recovery: SC

Reliance General Insurance Company Limited Vs Kanika & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The appeals arose from orders of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana concerning deduction of financial assistance received under the Haryana Compassionate Assistance to Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006 (“2006 Rules”) from compensation awarded under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (MVA). The case stemmed from a motor accident on 2 November 2009, in which a motorcycle collided with a jeep due to rash and negligent driving. Smt. Hom Devi, employed as MPHW in PHC Chhara, died in the ac...