The Supreme Court has held that compensation payable to a road accident victim should not be assessed neither “very conservatively” nor too liberally that it transforms into a bounty for the claimant.

The solatium to the victim should not be assessed neither “very conservatively” nor too liberally, says Bench

The Supreme Court has held that compensation payable to a road accident victim should not be assessed neither “very conservatively” nor too liberally that it transforms into a bounty for the claimant.

A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta also reinforced guidelines laid down by the court in 1994 for motor accidents tribunals to intervene and safeguard the “frittering away” of road accident compensation amounts in cases in which the victims are children or illiterate persons or widows or disabled persons.