Shriram General Insurance v. Smt. Seema Manhare
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Keywords: Section 163-A MV Act 1988 structured formula; Second Schedule appended to Section 163-A; no future prospects under 163-A; future prospect disallowed in 163-A claims; conventional heads capped per Second Schedule (funeral ₹ 2,000/-; loss of consortium ₹ 5,000/-; loss of estate ₹ 2,500/-; love & affection nil); Rs. 680 per thousand; multiplier 18; 1/3rd personal-expenses deduction; Sarla Verma 2009 (6) SCC 121 relied upon (para 37); compensation reduced ₹ 11,08,200/- to ₹ 3,35,894/-; enhancement appeal dismissed; MAC appeals heard analogously; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; 6th Additional Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Durg; Claim Case No. 01/2013; Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd.; Shriram General Insurance Co. Ltd.; Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.; multi-vehicle fatal accident 16.10.2010 Buldhana (M.H.); deceased truck driver Chandraprakash Manhare; claimants Seema Manhare and minor children. Use: authority for rejecting future-prospect additions and inflated conventional-head awards in Section 163-A claims and for enforcing Second Schedule conformity in quantum appeals by insurers.