Calcutta HC Enhances Motor Accident Compensation After Accepting Pre-Death ITRs

Asit Dutta Vs Bajaj Allianz General Ins. Co. Ltd. & Anr. (Calcutta High Court) The Calcutta High Court enhanced compensation awarded in a motor accident claim case after holding that the Income Tax Returns (ITRs) filed prior to the victim’s death established her earning capacity and could not be viewed with suspicion. The claimant had filed a case under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, seeking compensation for the death of his wife in a road accident that occurred on 01.01.2020. According to the case, the victim was walking along Aurobindo Sarani when an auto-rickshaw alleged...