Maya Singh vs Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. 2025 INSC 161 - Motor Accident Compensation - Multiplier

Motor Accident Compensation - Multiplier - Normally Courts and Tribunals have to apply the multiplier as per the judgement of this Court in Sarla Verma v. DTC (2009) 6 SCC 121 : 2009 INSC 506 - Any deviation from the same warrants special reasons to be recorded. while calculating the compensation, the multiplier to be used should start with an operative multiplier of 18 (for the age groups of 15 to 20 and 21 to 25 years), reduced by one unit for every five years, that is M-17 for 26 to 30 years, M-16 for 31 to 35 years, M-15 for 36 to 40 years, M-14 for 41 to 45 years, and M-13 for 46 to 50 years, then reduced by two units for every five years, that is, M-11 for 51 to 55 years, M-9 for 56 to 60 years, M-7 for 61 to 65 years and M-5 for 66 to 70 years.