NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO LTD vs UNEZA BEGUM & ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 03rd March, 2025 MAC.APP. 656/2017 & CM APPL. 26554/2017, 8077/2021, 26052/2022 NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO LTD .....Appellant Through: Mr. Ravinder Singh, Mr. Ritvik Bhardwaj and Ms. Raveesha Gupta, Advocates. versus UNEZA BEGUM & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. S. N. Parashar, Advocate for R1 to 4. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present appeal is filed challenging the order dated 30.05.2017 (hereafter ‘the impugned award’) passed by Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi in MACT No. 82/2014. 2. By way of the present appeal, the appellant challenges the impugned award on the following grounds: a) Firstly, the appellant contends that the income of the deceased victim should have been notionally assessed based on the minimum wages applicable to a matriculate at the relevant time, rather than on the claim made by the wife of the deceased, who filed the claim petition; 3. The learned counsel for the appellant submits that the claimants failed to provide sufficient evidence to substantiate the claim that the deceased was earning ₹15,500/- per month at the time of the accid