Shivaleela Vs Divisional Manager, United India Insurance 2025 INSC 357 - Motor Accident Compensation

Motor Vehicles Act 1988- A beneficial and welfare legislation that seeks to provide compensation as per the contemporaneous position of an individual which is essentially forward-looking. Unlike tortious liability, which is chiefly concerned with making up for the past and reinstating a claimant to his original position, the compensation under the Act is concerned with providing stability and continuity in peoples’ lives in the future. (Para 13)

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