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Supreme Court Addresses Unclaimed Compensation Amounts in Motor Accident and Labour Cases (22 April 2025)

Introduction Date of the Judgment: April 22, 2025 Citation: 2025 INSC 530 Judges: Abhay S. Oka, J., Ujjal Bhuyan, J. What happens to compensation money when the rightful recipients don’t claim it? The Supreme Court of India took up this critical issue in a Suo Motu Writ Petition, addressing the significant amounts of unclaimed compensation […]

Supreme Court settles compensation for disability claims in motor accident cases: Ramprasad Balmiki vs. Anil Kumar Jain (2008)

October 1, 2008 / Cyriac Joseph, Judges, Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 with Section 163A, Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 with Section 166, S.B. Sinha, Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923

Introduction Date of the Judgment: October 01, 2008 Citation: Civil Appeal No. 5949 of 2008 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 17058 of 2006) Judges: S.B. Sinha, J. and Cyriac Joseph, J. How should courts determine compensation in motor accident cases involving disability? The Supreme Court addressed this question in a case where an appellant,

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