New Delhi, Apr 9 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a judgement of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had deducted only 50pc of the compensation payable under the Haryana Compassionate Assistance to the Dependents of Deceased Government Employees Rules, 2006, in a motor accident compensation case.
The Apex Court held that the rules do not entitle dependants to claim parallel compensation from an insurance company in cases of accidental death.
A Division Bench comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice K. Vinod Chandran allowed the appeal filed by the insurance company and observed, "The appeal is allowed, setting aside the judgement to the extent it deducted only 50% of the compensation payable under the Rules of 2006 but also making it clear that if the amounts are already paid to the respondents, no recovery shall be made."