Prudeta
Prudeta
2026 INSC 653
📌 Paras 3-5
A motor vehicular accident occurred when a Wagon-R car collided with a truck stationed on the BRT Corridor, Delhi. The deceased, Akash Kumar, aged 20, was a passenger in the car and sustained fatal injuries. The claimants, his parents, filed a claim petition seeking compensation, stating the deceased was pursuing Chartered Accountancy and had good professional prospects.
📌 Para 2
Whether the compensation awarded by the Tribunal and affirmed by the High Court, which dismissed appeals from both the insurer and claimants, was just and adequate, particularly concerning the head of filial consortium for the parents of the deceased unmarried son.
📌 Paras 2, and implied from Chunk 2 Summary
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